Hangul Syllable Syan

샨 is the Korean syllable syan, not an emoji — copy it from the palette above. Alone it has no fixed meaning; read it inside its word, name, or old text. History gives it range: a 1464 Buddhist gloss and a separate 1925 loan spelling.

Text symbol

What 샨 means

Its meaning comes from context, not a fixed idea. Documented in 1464, a Buddhist text uses 샨 as a kugyol gloss for Chinese 說, “speak, say, tell.” It supplies the Korean reading’s ending, rather than naming an object.

That use belongs to annotating Chinese writing for Korean reading. A separate 1925 Korean source records 샨 for Japanese シヤン, “beautiful,” traced to German schön. That is a loan spelling, not a permanent definition.

Specialist when isolated; inside a Korean word or name, let the surrounding text decide.

A lone 샨 promises nothing; ask which word or source it belongs to.

Part of the collection

가

Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 샨

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Don't confuse it with

샤

Hangul Syllable Sya

샨 vs 샤: 샤 has no final ㄴ, so it is a different syllable.

Questions people ask

Why does 샨 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.