What 성 means
The surrounding Korean word distinguishes 성’s meanings. 성씨 means “surname,” 성격 means “personality,” and 성비 means “sex or gender ratio.” If someone sends only 성, ask for the word or sentence.
The block combines ㅅ, ㅓ, and ㅇ. Hanja—Chinese characters used in Korean—can distinguish roots such as 姓, 性, and 成, while Hangul writes each matching syllable as 성.
Hangul was created under Korean ruler King Sejong to make Korean easier to write without first learning Chinese characters. Its creation was first recorded in December 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a book explaining the script, appeared in 1446. Those dates concern Hangul, not the first known use of 성.
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Who writes 성
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe intended word is unclear; ask for context.
Questions people ask
1Why does 성 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 성
- Search it as
- 성씨 · 성격 · 성비
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
성\C131Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.