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쉻

hangul syllable swilh

Hangul syllable 쉻

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쉻 is a Hangul syllable block; on its own, it does not identify a complete Korean word. In Korean writing, its role comes from the word around it. The block combines three jamo—the letters used to build Hangul syllables.

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What 쉻 means

The Korean word around it supplies the full meaning. 쉻 is one syllable block used within Korean writing. If it arrives alone in a message, the block does not tell you which complete word was intended.

Hangul appeared at the Joseon royal court in late 1443/early 1444 and was formally promulgated in 1446. It offered a more direct way to write Korean speech than the Chinese-character tradition used in formal writing. Early adoption faced resistance and remained limited; Hangul later became ordinary Korean writing.

How was 쉻 formed?

It combines ㅅ, ㅟ, and the final cluster ㅀ. Hangul arranges letters, called jamo, into a syllable block: ㅅ comes first, ㅟ supplies the vowel, and ㅀ closes this one. The word around the block supplies its full meaning.

Hangul letterforms changed after 1446: early forms were more geometric, while brush writing influenced later shapes; the syllable-block structure remained. Hangul was designed to represent Korean speech more directly alongside Hanja, the use of Chinese characters in Korean writing.

Neutral as a character; alone in a message, it is unclear without the surrounding Korean word.

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Who writes 쉻

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Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 쉻 look different in another font?

It can. Hangul fonts draw the same block with different letterforms. A precomposed syllable and its decomposed jamo sequence can look alike even though the stored character sequences differ.

How to type or find 쉻

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Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C27B, then AltX to get 쉻.
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 swilh”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c27b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쉻
CSS
\C27B
How to type 쉻
In a Korean input method (IME), enter initial ㅅ, vowel ㅟ, and final cluster ㅀ; the IME composes the block.
Stored sequence
Unicode can represent this syllable as separate jamo instead of one precomposed character. The forms can look alike while storing different character sequences.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쉻
HTML hex
쉻
CSS content
content: "\C27B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%89%BB
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

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols