Hangul syllable Deoh

Enter ㄷ, ㅓ, then ㅎ in a Korean IME.

A Korean input method joins those keystrokes into one block as you type. Microsoft's Windows Korean IME documentation, updated 2024-06-20, describes this automatic syllable-block arrangement.

Unicode's canonical decomposition is ᄃ + ᅥ + ᇂ. The familiar keyboard sequence ㄷ + ㅓ + ㅎ uses compatibility jamo; text normalization can store the same syllable as one block or as separate jamo.

What is 덯 in Korean?

덯 is one Hangul syllable block made from three letter parts.

An initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant make the block; Hangul calls these letter parts jamo. Its role in a word depends on the Korean text around it.

Sejong Sillok, the royal annals of King Sejong, first records Hunminjeongeum, the Korean script, in 1443. An explanatory book published in 1446 describes its purpose and how initial, middle, and final letters combine, addressing the gap between Korean speech and Chinese writing.

What does 덯 mean when someone sends it?

Ask for the Korean context before assigning a meaning.

Alone, 덯 gives you one syllable but not the surrounding word that would tell you what it means. Don't read a mood into the block by itself.