What 셋 means
It means “three” as a standalone Korean numeral.
Its job is practical counting: use it for a plain count, 셋이요 (“three”), or 셋이서 (“the three of us”).
Middle Korean sources from the fifteenth-century record 세ㅎ/seyh. Modern 셋 has ㅅ where that form had ㅎ; the number stayed three. A 2008 review left its deeper etymology unsettled.
Use 셋 alone; 세 before counters
Use 셋 alone; 세 precedes counters; 삼 is a separate system. 삼 is Sino-Korean “three,” used for dates, prices, and phone digits. Before some ㄷ- or ㅈ-initial counters, 세 may be pronounced 석.
Neutral everyday Korean: it gives a quantity, not a mood.
Before a counter, use 세, not 셋.
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Who writes 셋
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
2A concise reply meaning “three.”
The three of us, acting together.
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How to type or find 셋
- Search it as
- set · three · 세 · 삼
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
셋CSS
\C14BHow to type 셋
On Korean 2-set input, press T, P, T; the IME composes 셋.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
셋
HTML hex
셋
CSS content
content: "\C14B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%85%8B
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On screen
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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.