Hangul syllable Dwang

It is a Hangul syllable with no fixed meaning by itself.

Its sound is roughly “dwang,” ending with the ng sound in “sing.” The parts are ㄷ, the initial consonant; ㅘ, the vowel; and ㅇ, the final consonant. Together they make one regular Korean syllable block.

A lone 돵 in a modern message could be an isolated syllable, a typo, or an intentional historical reference; the surrounding words decide.

Was 돵 used historically?

Yes; it appears as a recorded reading of a Hanja character.

A 1448 entry in Dongguk Jeongun, a Korean guide to readings of Chinese characters, gives 檛 the Hangul reading 돵. A 1527 entry in Hunmong Jahoe records 좌 for the same Hanja, so the two books differ.

Hangul was created in 1443; the 1446 book Hunminjeongeum explained the new script’s principles. These records show Hangul being used to write a Korean reading of a Chinese character.

How do I type 돵?

Enter ㄷ + ㅘ + ㅇ in a Korean input method.

Korean input methods combine jamo—the Korean letters used to build syllable blocks—so there is no separate key for every complete syllable. In Unicode, the equivalent jamo sequence is a decomposed spelling of 돵.

Fonts can shift the size and placement of the three parts inside the square. A different-looking block is usually a font drawing difference, not another character.