What 뗇 means
Neither: it is a Hangul block, not an emoji or full word.
The block combines the doubled consonant ㄸ, the vowel ㅔ, and the final cluster ㄼ. Its English label, ddelb, describes this syllable structure rather than translating a word. In Korean writing, its reading and meaning come from the word that contains it.
Hangul was created in 1443, and the explanatory book Hunminjeongeum appeared in 1446. The new script gave Korean a practical writing system without relying on Chinese characters, which were difficult to learn and did not represent Korean speech well. These dates explain Hangul's history, not the origin of this particular block. As of September 2026, no standalone word or social meaning is established for 뗇.
How do I type ddelb exactly?
Use a Korean input method to enter its components in order.
Type ㄸ, ㅔ, ㄹ, then ㅂ without starting a new syllable. The Korean input method combines final ㄹ ㅂ as ㄼ; if it leaves the parts separate, check that Hangul syllable composition is enabled.
Fonts can draw this block with small design differences; Unicode's reference chart does not prescribe one exact outline. A different shape can still be 뗇.
Who writes 뗇
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Don't confuse it with
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뗇 This is the same syllable written as separate Hangul component letters. Unicode normalization can combine those letters into one precomposed block, so the difference is in representation, not reading.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 뗇 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.
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How to type or find 뗇
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
뗇\B5C7Codes and encoding1 code points
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