What 담 means
Both: a Korean noun and a syllable in longer words. Hangul syllable blocks group letters into squares that spell Korean sounds; their shape recalls Chinese-character blocks.
Hangul was devised in 1443 to make Korean writing accessible; a 1446 book explained the new letters. It spread through daily and religious writing, became Korea's official writing system in 1894, and Korean print shifted from vertical to horizontal around 1945.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings담장
A Korean word for a wall or fence.
담다
To put or contain something, even an idea.
Questions people ask
1Why does 담 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 담
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B2F4, then Alt+X to get 담.
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 dam”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b2f4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
담CSS
\B2F4Korean IME
Enter ㄷ, then ㅏ, then ㅁ; the Korean input method assembles them into 담.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
담
HTML hex
담
CSS content
content: "\B2F4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8B%B4
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.