What 둢 means
It spells one Korean syllable; the surrounding Korean word gives it meaning. Hangul is the writing system used for Korean. It groups letters called jamo into syllable blocks: 둢 uses opening consonant ㄷ, vowel ㅜ, and final cluster ㅄ. Its decomposed form is 둢—ᄃ is the opening consonant, ᅮ the vowel, and ᆹ the final cluster. The letters show how to write the syllable; the containing word supplies its meaning.
Hangul was designed to write Korean speech directly, since Chinese characters and their local adaptations were difficult to use for that purpose. Its creation is recorded in 1443; the explanatory book Hunminjeongeum appeared in 1446. 15th-century government texts document changes to Korean spelling. Hangul appeared in Buddhist and Confucian translations, private letters, and practical publications. It became Korea's official national writing system in 1894. Under Japanese rule beginning in 1910, it lost that status, while Korean intellectuals continued educational, research, and literary work to preserve it.
Two 2019 studies compared aspects of early Hangul design with Phags-pa, a script commissioned by Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. They suggest possible influence on writing principles; they do not connect this individual syllable to Phags-pa.
How do I type 둢?
Enable Korean input and enter the letters in order. On a two-set Korean layout, enter ㄷ, ㅜ, ㅂ, then ㅅ; the input method combines the last two as final cluster ㅄ and assembles the block.
Unicode can store the syllable as precomposed 둢 or as the decomposed jamo sequence 둢. These are different encoded sequences for the same spelling. As of 2026, whether the jamo appear joined as one block or separately depends on the app and font.
Neutral within Korean writing; by itself, it is an unexplained syllable.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 둢 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 둢
둢\B462Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
