How do you pronounce 써?

써 is romanized sseo and read exactly as written.

Is 써 used in real Korean words?

Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.

써

써 — sseo

써 is ㅆ plus ㅓ, romanized sseo and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: less common — it appears, but below the median frequency. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㅆ + ㅓ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅆ (ssangsiot)

/s͈/

a tense, sharper s — the hiss is longer and the throat tighter

ㅓ

/ʌ/

the u in but

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅆ)

Same vowel (ㅓ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 써?: 써 is romanized sseo and read exactly as written.
Is 써 used in real Korean words?: Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.