Hangul Syllable Deum

Context decides; 듬 alone has no fixed meaning.

Its role appears inside words such as 듬뿍 (“plentifully”), 더듬다 (“to fumble or stammer”), and 가다듬다 (“to settle or tidy”). On the trap 생각이 듬 or 생각이 듦?, the National Institute of Korean Language says 생각이 듦 is correct, not 생각이 듬.

As of 2026, the consulted histories describe Hangul as a system, not a first use of 듬: it was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 to make Korean easier to write. They record no separate cross-cultural meaning for this syllable. The same syllable may be stored as a precomposed block or matching jamo, with NFC recommended for interchange.