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쑤

쑤 — ssu

쑤 is ㅆ plus ㅜ, romanized ssu 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

ㅆㅜ=쑤
ㅆ + ㅜ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㅆ (ssangsiot)

/s͈/

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

ㅜ

/u/

the oo in moon

Words containing 쑤

  • 이쑤시개 — toothpick

    이쑤시개

    toothpick

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅆ)

Same vowel (ㅜ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 쑤?
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쑤 is romanized ssu and read exactly as written.