What ㈂ means
It marks the Korean consonant ㄷ inside parentheses.
Hangul was devised in 1443. The name of ㄷ is recorded in 1527 and was standardized as 디귿 in 1933. Early Hangul texts used ㄷ between vowels.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Can text normalization turn ㈂ into (ᄃ)?
Yes. NFKC, a text-standardization process, expands ㈂ into the three-character sequence (ᄃ). Software checking exact text after normalization can therefore see a different string.
How to type or find ㈂
- Search it as
- ㈂ meaning · parenthesized tikeut · 디귿 · U+3202
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㈂CSS
\3202Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㈂
HTML hex
㈂
CSS content
content: "\3202";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%88%82
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
