Hangul syllable Delm

Switch to Korean input and enter ㄷ, ㅔ, ㄹ, then ㅁ.

A Korean input method editor (IME)—the keyboard software that assembles Hangul—joins these jamo (letters) into 덺. Typing the Roman letters “delm” on an English layout will not form it; select Korean input first.

The sequence is ㄷ + ㅔ + ㄹ + ㅁ; the last two combine into the final cluster ㄻ.

What does 덺 mean in a Korean word?

It is a syllable block whose meaning comes from its word.

In the Unicode name, “delm” labels the internal letter sequence; it is not an English meaning or a pronunciation guide.

Hangul was designed to make Korean easier to write than older methods that adapted Chinese characters. Its creation is recorded in 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a guide introducing the writing system, followed in 1446. Earlier systems such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal used Chinese characters to represent Korean words or grammatical parts. 덺 belongs to Hangul's syllable-block system.

Why does 덺 look split?

A decomposed sequence can appear as separate letters without shaping.

Unicode treats 덺 and 덺 as equivalent text: one is a precomposed block, while the other spells the same syllable with three linked Hangul letters. When software does not shape Hangul, those letters may display separately; the precomposed form remains one character for text processing.