What 섬 means
It means “island.” It is a full noun and one written syllable.
Older forms: 斯麻 in King Muryeong’s tomb inscription (525 CE), セマ in the Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki, and 苫 in a 1124 embassy account about Goryeo, a Korean kingdom. Korean records use 셤 in the 15th century, later 섬. These forms reflect the word’s sound changes.
Hangul, the Korean alphabet, builds syllable blocks with an initial consonant, vowel, and optional final consonant. The 1446 Hunminjeongeum guide explains this; 섬 has all three.
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Combination ideas
2Island village; 섬 modifies the noun.
Island country; 섬 modifies the noun.
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How to type or find 섬
- Also called
- seom
- Search it as
- Korean for island
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
섬CSS
\C12C2-set Korean keyboard
Enter ㅅ, ㅓ, ㅁ in order; the input method forms 섬. Unicode may encode it as one block or separate component letters, which can display differently.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
섬
HTML hex
섬
CSS content
content: "\C12C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%84%AC
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.