What 딴 means
It marks something as different from what is in view.
Before a noun, 딴 can mean “another,” “different,” or “unrelated”: 딴 사람 is “another person,” and 딴 길 is “a different route.”
Hangul is the writing system used for Korean. The 15th-century Hunminjeongeum, a text introducing the system, explains that it was devised for writing Korean; 딴 is built from ㄸ, ㅏ, and ㄴ.
Neutral in ordinary use; 딴 이야기 can sound like a brush-off when someone redirects the conversation.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings딴 이야기 / 딴 문제
A topic or problem separate from the one in view.
내 딴에는 / 제 딴에는
In my own view or by my own standard.
Questions people ask
1Why does 딴 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 딴
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B534, then Alt+X to get 딴.
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 ddan”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b534, then Enter or Space.
HTML
딴CSS
\B534Korean 2-set keyboard
To type 딴 on the Korean 2-set layout, press Shift+E for ㄸ, K for ㅏ, and S for ㄴ; the input method combines them.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
딴
HTML hex
딴
CSS content
content: "\B534";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%94%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.