Hangul syllable 똣

It is one Hangul syllable, not a complete word. A Korean word can contain 똣 as one syllable, but alone it has no fixed translation. The block combines the initial consonant ㄸ, vowel ㅗ, and final consonant ㅅ. In isolation, it sounds roughly like “ttot”: final ㅅ is pronounced like an unreleased t.

The Korean alphabet Hangul was designed to write Korean speech. Its syllable blocks place an initial consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant together. The creation of Hangul is recorded in 1443; Hunminjeongeum Haerye, a guide explaining the new writing system, was published in 1446.

Earlier Korean writing systems such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal used Chinese characters to represent Korean; they form the historical setting around Hangul, while 똣 follows Hangul’s syllable-block design. In 15th-century Hangul, doubled consonants such as ㄸ were uncommon and could mark special readings of Chinese characters. Hangul became Korea’s official national writing system in 1894.

How do you type 똣?

Use a Korean 2-Set keyboard layout. Enter the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant in order. Press Shift+E for ㄸ, H for ㅗ, then T for ㅅ.

As of 2026, Apple lists 2-Set Korean as macOS’s default Hangul input source, and Microsoft documents an IME that assembles typed letters into syllable blocks. Unicode normalization handles the decomposed sequence: NFC composes ᄄ ᅩ ᆺ into 똣; NFD keeps the jamo separate, which can affect search or cursor handling.