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쒑

hangul syllable ssweob

Hangul syllable ssweob

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On its own, 쒑 has no dependable standalone meaning; the surrounding Korean word gives it meaning. A Korean input method joins its three letters into one Hangul syllable block. Its shape follows Hangul’s long-standing way of building syllables from letters.

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What 쒑 means

By itself, 쒑 has no dependable standalone meaning.

It is one Korean syllable block. A block can be part of a word; the whole Korean word supplies the meaning. Here, ㅆ begins the syllable, ㅝ is its vowel, and ㅂ closes it.

Hangul was developed in Korea under King Sejong as a way to write Korean speech without relying on Chinese characters. The script is mentioned in 1443; a book explaining it appeared in 1446. Hangul’s syllable blocks follow a regular pattern for combining letters, so this shape comes from the writing system rather than a separate symbol meaning.

How do you type 쒑, and why can it look different?

Use Korean input; fonts may draw the block differently.

To type 쒑, turn on a Korean input method and enter ㅆ, ㅝ, then ㅂ; it assembles them into one block. On the standard Korean two-set keyboard arranged like QWERTY, press ShiftT, N, J, then Q.

Hangul fonts can vary the position, shape, and size of a block’s parts. A different-looking 쒑 is a font difference; it remains the same character.

What if someone sends 쒑 alone?

Treat it as an incomplete clue, not a reaction.

It is one syllable, not a whole sentence or response. Ask for the surrounding Korean word or sentence before treating it as a translation or reaction.

Neutral as a Hangul syllable; alone, it leaves the reader guessing.

Do not read a bare 쒑 as a reaction without context.

Who writes 쒑

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Questions people ask

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Why does 쒑 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 or find 쒑

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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C491, then AltX to get 쒑.
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 ssweob”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c491, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쒑
CSS
\C491
Korean input method
In Hangul mode, enter ㅆ, ㅝ, then ㅂ; the input method assembles them into one block.
Korean two-set keyboard
On the standard Korean two-set QWERTY layout, press ShiftT, N, J, then Q; other layouts differ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쒑
HTML hex
쒑
CSS content
content: "\C491";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%92%91
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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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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols