What 땜 means
In casual Korean, 땜 shortens 때문.
With 에, 땜에 marks cause: 비 땜에 늦었어 means “I was late because of rain.” In 땜질, 땜 means mending a crack or hole.
Casual and compact; 때문에 suits formal writing.
Read the result: this phrase can blame or thank.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings“너 땜에 엄마가 화났잖아!”
Blame: “You made Mom angry!”
“너 땜에 기다렸잖아.”
Could be thanks or complaint: “I waited for you.”
Combination ideas
1Because of you; context can sound grateful or accusatory.
Questions people ask
2Is 때메 standard?
No. The casual cause form is 땜에; 때메 imitates its sound.
Can 땜 mean repair?
Yes. In 땜질 and 땜장이, it names a different sense: mending cracks or holes.
How to type 땜
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B55C, then Alt+X to get 땜.
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 ddaem”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b55c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
땜CSS
\B55CCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
땜
HTML hex
땜
CSS content
content: "\B55C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%95%9C
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.