What 딕 means
A bare 딕 needs context. It may be part of a Korean word or a Korean spelling of the English name Dick.
15th-century texts record 딕다, an older verb related to modern 지키다, meaning “to protect” or “keep.” Hangul was created in 1443 to make Korean easier to write than with Chinese characters; its principles were explained in 1446. The block 딕 combines ㄷ, ㅣ, and ㄱ.
As Korean text, 딕 is neutral; English Dick can be a name or vulgar slang.
A bare 딕 does not establish the vulgar reading.
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Windows
HTML
딕CSS
\B515Korean IME
Type ㄷ, then ㅣ, then ㄱ; the IME joins them into 딕.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
딕
HTML hex
딕
CSS content
content: "\B515";
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URL encoded
%EB%94%95
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
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