What 덥 means
덥 is the stem of 덥다, the Korean adjective meaning “hot.” Alone, it is a stem, not a complete polite sentence.
덥 becomes 더워요 because ㅂ changes to 우 before 어요, then 우 and 어 join as 워. Before 은 and 으면 it also changes; before 고 it stays. These patterns also form 더운 (“hot” before a noun) and 더우면 (“if it’s hot”).
Hangul is the writing system for Korean. Created in 1443 to make Korean easier to write, it joins jamo (letters) into syllable blocks like 덥. Its guide, Hunminjeongeum, was published in 1446.
Questions people ask
1Is 덥 the same as 뜨겁다?
No. 덥다 describes weather or surrounding heat; 뜨겁다 describes something hot to the touch.
How to type 덥
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B365, then Alt+X to get 덥.
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 deob”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b365, then Enter or Space.
HTML
덥CSS
\B365Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
덥
HTML hex
덥
CSS content
content: "\B365";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8D%A5
1
On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
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