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셗

hangul syllable syeogs

Hangul syllable Syeogs

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셗 is a Hangul syllable block built from ㅅ ㅕ final ㄳ. “Syeogs” is Unicode’s component label, not a modern translation; in present-day Korean, its meaning depends on the word around it. Middle Korean records also use this written form for “rein” and “duty” or “role.”

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What 셗 means

셗 is a Hangul syllable block made from three Korean letter components. Unicode’s algorithmic label “syeogs” names initial ㅅ, vowel ㅕ, and final ㄳ; it is not a modern Korean word definition. In present-day Korean, the surrounding word gives the syllable its meaning.

Hangul’s reusable letter system generates this block; 셗 was not invented as a one-off sign. Hangul’s first surviving official record is dated 1443. In 1446, the book Hunminjeongeum explained the new alphabet and how its letters fit into initial, middle, and final positions within syllable blocks.

The same written form has Middle Korean noun senses including “rein” and “duty” or “role.” Its canonical Unicode decomposition, 셗, represents the Korean letter components separately.

How do I type 셗?

In a Korean IME, enter ㅅ, ㅕ, ㄱ, then ㅅ. The last two consonants combine as ㄳ, building the block from 셕 to 셗. On the standard Dubeolsik QWERTY layout, the keys are T-U-R-T; other Korean layouts may use different keys.

The precomposed character 셗 and the decomposed jamo sequence 셗 are distinct text representations. Unicode defines Hangul syllable blocks as units, while software handling raw jamo may expose the components separately.

Technical and historical; in everyday Korean text, its role depends on the word that contains it.

“Rein” is a Middle Korean gloss, not a default modern meaning.

Who writes 셗

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Questions people ask

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Is “rein” the fixed meaning of 셗?

No. “Rein” is one recorded Middle Korean noun sense for this form; a present-day reading depends on the Korean word and its context.

Can a font display 셗 as separate letters?

Yes, when the text uses the decomposed jamo sequence 셗 or an editor exposes those components. The precomposed character itself is encoded as a syllable block.

How to type or find 셗

Also called
syeks
Search it as
syeogs Korean word · rein · duty · role · hangul block · Korean character · batchim · double final
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C157, then AltX to get 셗.
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 syeogs”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c157, then Enter or Space.
HTML
셗
CSS
\C157
Dubeolsik
In a Korean IME, enter ㅅ ㅕ ㄱ ㅅ. On standard QWERTY, the keys are T-U-R-T; the last two make ㄳ.
Jamo sequence
The decomposed sequence is 셗. Use Unicode normalization or Hangul-aware software when an app requires the precomposed block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
셗
HTML hex
셗
CSS content
content: "\C157";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%85%97
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.

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