Hangul Syllable Sweo

숴 is a Hangul syllable block, not an emoji or standalone sign. It appears in forms such as 부숴 (“break or crush”), but 숴 is not a standard shortcut for 쉬어 (“rest”). Meaning comes from the surrounding word.

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What 숴 means

It has no fixed meaning alone; the surrounding word supplies it.

It combines ㅅ and ㅝ. Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 to write Korean accessibly; its square blocks are stacked sound units historically related in shape to Chinese characters.

Hangul moved through Buddhist and practical publications before becoming Korea's official national writing system in 1894. As of 2026, no source reviewed here establishes a separate first attestation for 숴.

Neutral inside a Korean word; nonstandard alone as a shortcut for 쉬어.

Write 쉬어, not 숴, when you mean “rest.”

Part of the collection

가

Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 숴

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Don't confuse it with

쉬어 숴 vs 쉬어: the latter is standard; the National Institute of Korean Language rejects the contraction in 2025 guidance.

Questions people ask

Why does 숴 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.