What 다 means
Context decides its job. Inside a word, 다 just supplies the sound da. The ending -다 marks dictionary forms of verbs and plain written statements. A particle 다, shortened from 다가, can follow a place or means.
Hangul, the Korean alphabet, was created on purpose so Korean could be written simply, not only through Chinese characters. It is first recorded in 1443 and got an explanatory book in 1446.
Questions people ask
1Is 다 rude in a text?
Not automatically. Plain -다 is less polite than -어요, but a longer ending must be judged as a whole.
How to type 다
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B2E4, then Alt+X to get 다.
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 da”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b2e4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
다CSS
\B2E4How to type 다
Switch to the Korean 2-set (Dubeolsik) layout, then press E then K: ㄷ + ㅏ join into 다.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
다
HTML hex
다
CSS content
content: "\B2E4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8B%A4
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.