What 둃 means
The name describes its syllable parts, not a Korean word. 둃 joins ㄷ at the start, ㅛ as its vowel, and ㅀ as its two-consonant ending.
Hangul was devised in 1443 to make Korean easier to write. Its 1446 guide, Hunminjeongeum, explains the design. Before Hangul, Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean.
Korean uses ㅀ at the end of verb and adjective word bases. Related forms appear in Middle Korean and letters from Korea’s Joseon period; a 2022 study reports changes in ㅀ-ending verb bases in Chungnam and Jeolla dialects.
Who writes 둃
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 둃 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.
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How to type or find 둃
- Search it as
- 둃 · dyolh · ㅀ · jamo · Hangul · Korean
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
둃\B443Codes and encoding1 code points
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