What 썅 means
A vulgar Korean outburst for anger or contempt.
By itself, 썅 is an angry exclamation; before a person noun, it adds force to an insult such as 썅놈 or 썅년. In a January 2026 reply, South Korea’s National Institute of Korean Language said its dictionaries list 쌍 for the angry-swear meaning; the reply did not settle whether 썅 could also be standard.
An older reading is not this swearword
A premodern Hangul text records 썅 as a reading for the Chinese character 邪 and the older form 쌰ᇰ as a reading for 常. These are pronunciation notes for the characters, not evidence that the modern swearword was used then.
Someone sent me 썅—what does it mean?
Read it as direct swearing unless the shared context clearly says otherwise.
Alone, it expresses anger or contempt; in 썅놈 or 썅년, the insult targets a person. Without clear shared context, take the profanity seriously.
Strong Korean profanity that signals anger or contempt and can sound confrontational.
To a stranger or boss, expect it to land as swearing.
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Who writes 썅
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3Questions people ask
3Is 썅 a swear?
Yes. It is strongly vulgar in Korean and can express anger or become a personal insult.
Can I send 썅 to my boss?
No. It reads as profanity or a personal insult, with no built-in signal that you mean it playfully.
Why does 썅 fail on an old phone?
Some older phone keypads cannot enter intermediate syllable 쌰, which this input path needs before 썅 can form.
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How to type or find 썅
- Also called
- ssyang
- Search it as
- 썅 · ssyang meaning · 썅 뜻 · 썅놈 · 썅년 · ssyangnom · ssyangnyeon
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
썅\C345Codes and encoding1 code points
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