Hangul Syllable Ddom

Korean keyboard software combines ㄸ, ㅗ, and ㅁ into 똠. On the standard two-set Dubeolsik layout, a Korean keyboard layout, press Shift+E, H, then A; those keys enter the components in order. Typing ddom or ttom in an English text field leaves Latin letters. On a phone, add a Korean keyboard and tap the same components in order.

What does 똠 mean?

As of 2026, a lone 똠 has no settled chat meaning. In the Korean spelling 똠얌꿍 for Thai tom yum kung, a hot-and-sour shrimp soup, 똠 represents the Thai word for “boil.” A Korean foreign-word table also uses it to transcribe Vietnamese tôm, meaning “shrimp.” Those source-language words provide the meanings; the Hangul block represents their sounds.

똠 belongs to Hangul’s syllable-block system. Hangul was created under King Sejong in 1443, and a book explaining its purpose and principles appeared in 1446. The script gave Korean a writing system suited to its sounds, grouping component letters into syllable blocks. That is why this block can represent a borrowed sound without gaining a Korean dictionary meaning of its own.