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쌕

hangul syllable ssaeg

Hangul Syllable Ssaeg

쌕 is the Korean breathing sound; the dictionary form is 쌕쌕, for quiet sleep breathing or rough wheezing and panting. A lone 쌕 looks clipped, so read it with the words around it.

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쌕 · ssaeg · 쌕쌕 · 쌕쌕대다 · 쌕쌕거리다 · 색색 · wheeze · pant
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What 쌕 means

It mimics breathing; 쌕쌕 is the dictionary form.

쌕쌕 covers even sleep breathing and faster, rougher wheezing or panting after exertion or chest symptoms. As of 2026, sources checked found no reliable early standalone attestation or period-specific shift; they present it as sound imitation. Spelling keeps 쌕쌕, not 쌕색; 색색 is a softer variant, 씩씩 a vowel-alternating relative. Related verbs are 쌕쌕대다 and 쌕쌕거리다.

Neutral sound imitation; context makes it sleepy or strained.

With chest tightness, read breathing trouble, not cute sleep noise.

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings
쌕쌕 beside sleep or a baby
Even, regular breathing during sleep.
쌕쌕 after running or chest symptoms
Fast, rough breathing; wheezing or panting.
쌕 sent by itself
A clipped sound cue; use nearby text to decide.

Don't confuse it with

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색색
A dictionary-listed softer variant of 쌕쌕, not a font error.

Combination ideas

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Sleep breathing or rough wheezing, depending on context.

Questions people ask

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Why does 쌕 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.

How to type 쌕

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C315, then Alt+X to get 쌕.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable ssaeg”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c315, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쌕
CSS
\C315
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쌕
HTML hex
쌕
CSS content
content: "\C315";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%8C%95
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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.

Families this belongs to

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