What 센 means
Its core sense is “strong.”
센 is the form of 세다 (“to be strong”) placed before a noun. In 팔자가 센, it describes someone as having bad fortune.
Hangul was devised in the 15th century to write Korean, grouping consonants and vowels into syllable blocks.
Someone sent me 센 alone—what does it mean?
It leaves the thing being described unstated.
센 normally modifies a following noun; ask which one before choosing a meaning.
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Who writes 센
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsStrong wind; 센 describes intensity.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 센 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 센
- Also called
- sen
- Search it as
- sen meaning · 센 뜻 · 세다
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
센CSS
\C13Ctype 센 on a Korean keyboard
Type ㅅ, ㅔ, then ㄴ; a Korean input method builds 센.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
센
HTML hex
센
CSS content
content: "\C13C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%84%BC
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.