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쌰

hangul syllable ssya

Hangul syllable ssya

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쌰 is a Korean syllable block, read roughly “ssya”: a tense s followed by “ya.” By itself it has no standard meaning; it contributes sound inside a larger word. A standard Korean keyboard builds it from ㅆ and ㅑ.

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What 쌰 means

Read it as part of a Korean word, not on its own. Hangul blocks join consonant and vowel letters. Here, ㅆ is a tense s sound and ㅑ is the “ya” vowel; there is no final consonant. The syllable contributes sound, while the surrounding word or phrase supplies meaning. If a message contains only 쌰, ask what word or phrase it belongs to.

A 2011 National Institute of Korean Language youth-language survey lists -쌰 and 쌰밝 in an appendix of slang, vulgar, and fad vocabulary. It records particular nonstandard forms, not a fixed meaning for 쌰 alone.

Where did 쌰 come from?

It follows Hangul’s sound-based syllable design.

The Sejong Sillok, a chronicle of King Sejong’s reign, records Hangul’s creation in 1443. Hunminjeongeum, a guide explaining the new script, appeared in 1446. Hangul gave Korean a learnable writing system shaped around Korean speech rather than relying only on Chinese characters.

The syllable supplies sound; the Korean word or phrase around it supplies its social tone.

A bare 쌰 gives too little context to read as a complete reply.

Who writes 쌰

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Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 쌰 look different across fonts?

It can. Fonts draw Hangul syllables with different proportions and strokes; the character remains 쌰.

How to type or find 쌰

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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C330, then AltX to get 쌰.
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 ssya”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c330, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쌰
CSS
\C330
Standard Korean keyboard
To type 쌰 on a standard Korean keyboard, press ShiftT for ㅆ, then I for ㅑ; Korean input combines them into one syllable.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쌰
HTML hex
쌰
CSS content
content: "\C330";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%8C%B0
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

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols