What 더 means
더 is the hangul syllable deo. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Hangul Syllables block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
더 is a single code point, U+B354. In HTML that is 더, and in CSS \B354.
An ordinary Korean word; the sentence ending sets politeness.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readings더 기다려
Wait longer; the action continues.
어제보다 더 추워
Colder than yesterday; it raises the degree.
더
More; context tells what should increase.
Combination ideas
3A little more.
More, in greater quantity.
Neither more nor less; exactly the intended amount.
Worth knowing
- Hangul was created in 1443 to make Korean easier to write; its explanatory guide, Hunminjeongeum Haerye, appeared in 1446. It links vowel shapes to heaven, earth and a person.
- A 2009 study compared Hangul vowels with those in the Phags-pa script; the comparison does not establish borrowing.
Questions people ask
1Why does 더 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 더
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B354, then Alt+X to get 더.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable deo”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b354, then Enter or Space.
HTML
더CSS
\B354How do I type 더?
With Korean Dubeolsik (two-set) input, type e then j; it combines ㄷ and ㅓ into 더.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
더
HTML hex
더
CSS content
content: "\B354";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8D%94
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.