Hangul syllable ddwanj

By itself, it is one Korean syllable, not a complete word. 똱 is a Hangul spelling block; the surrounding Korean word supplies its meaning.

Hangul was created in 1443 to make writing Korean easier to learn. Before it, systems such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean and were difficult to master. Hunminjeongeum, a guide to Hangul's purpose and design, was published in 1446.

This block combines ㄸ (opening consonant), ㅘ (vowel) and ㄵ (final consonant cluster). Unicode encoded the syllable in 1996; that is a computer-encoding date, not Hangul's origin.

How do I type 똱?

In a Korean keyboard, enter ㄸ, ㅘ, then ㄵ. A Korean IME (input method) combines the opening consonant, vowel and final cluster into one Hangul block. Layouts differ in which keys produce each Jamo.

If your editor supports Unicode hex input (entering a character by its hexadecimal code), use its Unicode entry command and the value listed for this character. The shortcut depends on your editor or operating system.

When software normalizes text into a standard form, NFC keeps the precomposed block and NFD stores its Jamo letters separately. The Korean spelling sequence is the same, though software may display the separate letters.