What 숲 means
It means “forest,” “woods,” or a wooded place. 숲 is short for 수풀, thicket. The word is documented from the 15th century, with older spellings including 숩 and 숩ㅍ and the related Middle Korean noun 숳.
숲 is one stacked Hangul block, not an invented picture-sign. Before Hangul, Korean was written with Chinese-character systems; Hangul’s 1443–1446 creation made Korean easier to write, and 숲 is spelled from three jamo in that system.
Why does 숲 sound different in 숲을?
The final ㅍ moves into the next syllable before 을.
Type ㅅ, then ㅜ, then ㅍ and a Korean keyboard composes 숲. 숲을 pronunciation is [수플], while 숲 안 is [수반].
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2 readingsLiteral forest or woods.
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\C232Codes and encoding1 code points
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CSS content
content: "\C232";
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%EC%88%B2
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