What 쇄 means
It means what its whole word means. In 쇄도 it belongs to “rush”; in 폐쇄, to “closure.” Copy 쇄 from the palette above and read the full word, never this syllable alone.
Its history is Hangul’s history. Before Hunminjeongeum, Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal wrote Korean with Chinese characters; Hunminjeongeum was created in 1443 and 1446 to write Korean directly. At Hangul’s creation the vowel ㅙ sounded different, so modern spelling is no timeless guide to sound. As of 2026 no separate origin date for this one block is documented.
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Who writes 쇄
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why did 쇄 split into jamo?
It did not split. NFD and NFC only store it differently: NFD uses separate jamo, NFC uses one composed block.
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How to type or find 쇄
- Search it as
- 쇄 · swae · wae · jamo · dubeolsik
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
쇄CSS
\C1C42-set Korean keyboard
In Korean mode, press t-h-o: ㅅ ㅗ ㅐ composes 쇄.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쇄
HTML hex
쇄
CSS content
content: "\C1C4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%87%84
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.