What 쏕 means
쏕 is a Korean syllable block whose meaning comes from its word. In Hangul, its letter parts are called jamo; they combine to make a syllable.
Hangul was created to write Korean speech without relying on Chinese characters, which had been used to write Korean. The first record of Hunminjeongeum appears in the Sejong Sillok, a royal chronicle, in 1443; an explanatory book with the same name followed in 1446 and described the letters and how to use them. That is the script’s history, not a separate creation story for each possible syllable.
How do I type 쏕?
Use a Korean IME and enter the three jamo in order.
On the two-set Dubeolsik layout, press ShiftT for ㅆ, ShiftP for ㅖ, then X for ㅌ. The Korean IME assembles them into the syllable block.
Why does 쏕 look different in fonts?
The font changes its drawing, not the character.
Hangul font design changes the placement, shape and size of a syllable’s parts. Two typefaces can make 쏕 look wider, tighter or differently balanced while representing the same character.
A neutral syllable in Korean text; the surrounding sentence supplies its tone and meaning.
Don’t infer the sender’s mood from 쏕 alone; read the surrounding Korean text.
Who writes 쏕
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Don't confuse it with
1쏕 This is 쏕 decomposed into three conjoining Hangul jamo. A Korean font can shape them into the same block, but the underlying text contains separate components.
Questions people ask
1Why does 쏕 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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