What 씻 means
It points to washing or removal.
Hangul blocks combine letters: ㅆ starts 씻, ㅣ is its vowel, and ㅅ ends it. This is a written syllable, not a picture with a separate meaning.
씻다 also applies to stains, resentment, and other unwanted conditions.
Neutral in ordinary Korean.
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Who writes 씻
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Combination ideas
1“Wash one’s hands”; a 2003 Korean language note gives the figurative sense “quit dubious work.”
Worth knowing
- The older form 싯다 appears in Seokbo Sangjeol, a Korean text dated 1447; modern Korean uses 씻다.
Questions people ask
1Why does 씻 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.
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How to type or find 씻
- Search it as
- 씻 meaning · 씻다 meaning · 씻어 · 씻고 · 손씻다 · ssit · ssitda · wash
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
씻CSS
\C53BHow to type 씻
On a Korean keyboard, enter ㅆ, then ㅣ, then ㅅ; on the standard 2-set layout, Shift gives ㅆ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
씻
HTML hex
씻
CSS content
content: "\C53B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%94%BB
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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.