Hangul syllable Ddeolt

It is one Korean syllable; its word supplies the meaning.

떭 is formed from initial ㄸ, vowel ㅓ, and final consonant cluster ㄾ. By itself it gives little context; read it within the Korean word or sentence around it.

Hangul arranges a syllable's consonant and vowel, plus any final consonant, into one block. The character stays the same across fonts, though its proportions can vary with the font and shaping system.

Why was Hangul created?

It gave Korean speakers a writing system suited to their language.

King Sejong created the system then called Hunminjeongeum in 1443. Korean differed from Chinese, and Korean writers had relied on Chinese characters that did not fit Korean speech well; the new letters were designed to be easier to learn and use. A book with the same title explained the system's purpose and principles in 1446.

Earlier Korean writing used Hanja, the Chinese characters used for Korean, and Idu, a method that used those characters to represent Korean words and grammar but did not represent Korean fully. Hangul first developed alongside Hanja and later became the everyday script. As of 2026, South Korean everyday writing is almost entirely Hangul; Hanja appears in more limited contexts, including specialized ones.