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댆

hangul syllable daenh

Hangul Syllable Daenh

댆 has no established meaning alone; its role depends on the Korean word. Hangul, Korea’s writing system, was created in 1443 to give ordinary people an easier way to write Korean. The 1446 guide Hunminjeongeum explained its purpose and syllable rules. Hangul spread through private and literary writing, gained official use alongside Chinese characters in 1894, and marked Korean identity after 1945.

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댆 · daenh · jamo · 댆 vs 댄
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What 댆 means

It is one Hangul syllable block built from three jamo (letters).

They are ᄃ, ᅢ, and ᆭ: initial consonant, vowel, and final cluster.

A 2009 paper argues that Phags-pa, a Mongolian script, influenced Hangul’s vowel design; this is not a claim about this syllable’s ancestry.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 댆 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.

How to type 댆

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B306, then Alt+X to get 댆.
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 daenh”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b306, then Enter or Space.
HTML
댆
CSS
\B306
Korean IME
With Korean input on a standard two-set layout, type e, o, s, g to form 댆.
Conjoining jamo
ᄃ + ᅢ + ᆭ may display separately if the app or font lacks shaping support.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
댆
HTML hex
댆
CSS content
content: "\B306";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8C%86
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols