Hangul Syllable Sseul

쓸 is a Korean Hangul syllable, not an emoji with a fixed translation. It is usually the ㄹ-form of 쓰다 — “write,” “use,” “wear,” or “spend” — but context can make it part of 쓸다, “sweep.” Translate the phrase around it.

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What 쓸 means

It is a context-dependent verb form, not a complete translation.

쓸 comes from 쓰다 before a noun or phrase: 쓸 때 means “when writing, using, wearing, or spending,” depending on the object. It can also belong to 쓸다, “to sweep,” so the block alone cannot settle the meaning.

Hangul was created in 1443 to replace difficult Chinese-character adaptations; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum manuscript explained the system, which became official in 1894. As of 2026, no separate origin for 쓸 is documented: it is the jamo block ㅆ ㅡ ㄹ. Unicode can store that structure precomposed or decomposed.

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Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 쓸

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Questions people ask

Why does 쓸 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.