Hangul syllable Degg

Alone, 덲 does not name a fixed Korean word. It is a precomposed Hangul block: ㄷ is the initial consonant, ㅔ the vowel and ㄲ the final consonant. In Korean text, the surrounding word determines what the syllable contributes.

Hangul, the Korean writing system, was devised in 1443; its principles were explained in Hunminjeongeum, a book published in 1446. Consonants and vowels were designed to be assembled into syllable blocks for writing Korean speech.

Earlier methods such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to record Korean. Modern Hangul spelling follows a proposal from 1933, partly revised in 1988; these are spelling dates, not the origin date of the script.

How do I type 덲?

Enter the three jamo in order. A Korean input method editor (IME) combines initial ㄷ, vowel ㅔ and final ㄲ into one syllable block.

Unicode can represent the same syllable as one precomposed character or as separate, conjoining jamo (letters). Text processing may expose the parts; Unicode NFC normalization can compose them when software requires the single-block form.

Hangul typefaces position the parts according to their roles as first consonant, middle vowel and final consonant, so spacing and proportions can vary. Some mechanized and digital Hangul designs let parts project beyond the traditional square block.