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쉇

hangul syllable sweos

Hangul syllable sweos

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쉇 is a Hangul syllable, not a complete word with a fixed meaning by itself. Korean writing builds blocks from consonant and vowel jamo; this one belongs inside a larger word. A Korean IME enters its parts in sequence.

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What 쉇 means

It is one Korean syllable, not a word with a fixed meaning.

Hangul blocks combine jamo, the consonant and vowel letters of the Korean writing system. In 쉇, ᄉ is the initial consonant written ㅅ, ᅯ is the vowel written ㅝ, and ᆺ is the final consonant written ㅅ. That final consonant is called batchim. The block gives one syllable; the word's meaning depends on the surrounding spelling and context.

Why are Hangul syllables written as blocks?

Hangul was designed to group speech sounds into syllable units. Its creation is dated to 1443, and the Hunminjeongeum, a guide to its letters and principles, dates to 1446.

Hangul began as a project of the royal court of Joseon, a Korean kingdom, and became the writing system used for Korean. Its consonant and vowel letters, called jamo, are arranged together to make syllable blocks.

How do I type 쉇?

Use a Korean IME and enter the parts in order. Type initial ㅅ, then ㅜ and ㅓ to form ㅝ, then final ㅅ. The IME should combine them into 쉇; if the letters stay separate, check that Korean input is active and that you entered the final consonant.

Unicode treats precomposed 쉇 and the canonical jamo sequence 쉇 as equivalent. Text normalization can combine them into one block. Fonts may change the components' proportions without changing the underlying text.

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Don't confuse it with

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How to type or find 쉇

Search it as
sweos · sweo · Hangul syllable · jamo · batchim · Korean IME · Korean keyboard · Hangul typing
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C247, then AltX to get 쉇.
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 sweos”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c247, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쉇
CSS
\C247
Korean IME
Enter initial ㅅ, then ㅜ ㅓ for ㅝ, then final ㅅ.
Canonical jamo
The sequence is 쉇; Unicode normalization can compose it as 쉇.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쉇
HTML hex
쉇
CSS content
content: "\C247";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%89%87
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

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols