What 싹 means
“Sprout” is the noun; “all of it” or “completely” is the adverb. The surrounding words show which job 싹 is doing.
Before Hangul, Korean was also written with Chinese characters adapted in systems such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal. Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 to make Korean easier to learn. A 1465 record in Middle Korean—an earlier stage of Korean—uses 싹 for “sprout.”
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings싹이 트다
A sprout emerges; 싹 names new growth.
싹 다
All of it; 싹 extends the phrase to the whole amount.
Questions people ask
1Why does 싹 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 싹
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C2F9, then Alt+X to get 싹.
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 ssag”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c2f9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
싹CSS
\C2F9Korean keyboard
Enter ㅆ + ㅏ + ㄱ in order; the Korean keyboard composes 싹.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
싹
HTML hex
싹
CSS content
content: "\C2F9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%8B%B9
1
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.