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쇕

hangul syllable swaeb

Hangul syllable Swaeb

쇕 is one Hangul syllable block; on its own, it does not give a complete message. In Korean writing it spells one syllable, and the surrounding word supplies its meaning. A Korean keyboard composes it from smaller letters, and fonts can arrange those letters differently.

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쇕 meaning · how to type 쇕 · swaeb · ㅅㅙㅂ
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What 쇕 means

쇕 is a Hangul syllable block, not a message by itself.

Hangul was created under King Sejong in 1443 as an easier way to write Korean with a sound-based script. It was first called 훈민정음 (Hunminjeongeum, “Proper Sounds for Teaching the People”); a book published in 1446 under the same title explained its purpose and how the letters form syllables. Before Hangul, people wrote Korean with Chinese characters and adapted methods that were difficult for many to learn.

The letters in 쇕 are ㅅ, ㅙ, and ㅂ: an initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant. These component letters are called jamo. The vowel ㅙ combines ㅗ and ㅐ; the block spells one syllable within a Korean word, whose full spelling supplies the meaning.

How do I type 쇕?

Type ㅅ, ㅗ, ㅐ, then ㅂ with Korean input enabled.

A Korean input method joins ㅗ + ㅐ into ㅙ, then combines ㅅ, ㅙ, and ㅂ into 쇕. If the letters stay separate or Latin letters appear, switch the active keyboard to Korean.

Unicode can represent Hangul as a precomposed syllable or with its component jamo. Fonts may shape and position those parts differently; that changes the drawing, not the character.

Neutral as a Korean spelling unit; alone, it gives little conversational context.

Don’t read an isolated 쇕 as a reaction; ask which Korean word it belongs to.

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings
Inside a Korean word
One syllable in the spelling; the whole word supplies its meaning.
Sent alone in a message
An isolated syllable with no surrounding word to reveal its lexical meaning.
Shown as ㅅㅙㅂ
Its component jamo shown separately, rather than arranged as a syllable block.

Questions people ask

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Is 쇕 an emoji?

No. 쇕 is a Hangul text character, not an emoji.

Why can 쇕 look different in different fonts?

Fonts can shape and position the component letters differently inside the syllable block; the text character remains the same.

How to type 쇕

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C1D5, then Alt+X to get 쇕.
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 swaeb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c1d5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쇕
CSS
\C1D5
Korean input method
With Korean input active, enter ㅅ, then ㅗ and ㅐ to form ㅙ, then ㅂ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쇕
HTML hex
쇕
CSS content
content: "\C1D5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%87%95
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

2

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Korean syllables11,623 symbols