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싼

hangul syllable ssan

Hangul Syllable Ssan

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To type 싼, switch to Korean Dubeolsik and press ShiftT, K, then S; the IME assembles the block. In Korean text, 싼 is the noun-modifying form of 싸다 meaning “cheap” or “inexpensive,” as in 싼 가격. The surprise is that this is composed Korean text, not a pictorial symbol.

Text symbol

What 싼 means

Press ShiftT, K, then S on Dubeolsik.

Switch the input method to Korean first. ShiftT selects ㅆ, K selects ㅏ, and S supplies final ㄴ; the IME assembles them into 싼 as you type. On a Korean phone keyboard, tap ㅆ, ㅏ, then ㄴ in order.

If a program shows the parts separately, it is displaying the canonical jamo sequence rather than changing the reading; Unicode can compose and decompose Hangul syllable blocks during normalization.

what does 싼 mean in Korean

It means “cheap” before a noun.

싼 is the present noun-modifying form of 싸다 in its price sense: 싼 가격 and 싼 값 describe something priced low. It is Korean grammar, not a universal reaction you can read from the glyph alone.

This block's history is older than computing. The related adjective 싸다 is recorded in 1447 as Middle Korean for “to be worth”; modern Korean also keeps a separate “deserving” use in phrases such as 맞아도 싸다. Hangul was created to make Korean writable for people who lacked an accessible writing system and documented in 1446 with rules for combining initial, medial, and final sounds. ㅆ belongs to the doubled ㅅ family; ㄴ is the final consonant.

Neutral in price descriptions; in a proverb, it can frame low price as a quality warning.

In 싼 게 비지떡, the price word carries a poor-quality implication.

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Who writes 싼

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

A low-priced or inexpensive item.

Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

3
A low or inexpensive price.
Cheap or inexpensive cost.
A proverb warning that cheap goods may be poor quality.

Questions people ask

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is 싼 an emoji?

No. It is a Hangul text character, so its appearance comes from the active font and its meaning comes from Korean text.

How to type or find 싼

Also called
ssan
Search it as
cheap · inexpensive · ssada · 싼값 · 싼가격
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C2FC, then AltX to get 싼.
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 ssan”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c2fc, then Enter or Space.
HTML
싼
CSS
\C2FC
Dubeolsik desktop
Switch to Korean input; press ShiftT, K, S.
Korean phone keyboard
Select Korean input and tap ㅆ, ㅏ, ㄴ in order.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
싼
HTML hex
싼
CSS content
content: "\C2FC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%8B%BC
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.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols