U+B2F4 "담" Hangul Syllable Dam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
담
U+B2F4 "담" Hangul Syllable Dam is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, Hangul, representing the sound "dam." It is formed from the initial consonant ㄷ (d) and the vowel ㅏ (a), combined with the final consonant ㅁ (m). This syllable appears frequently in the Korean language, functioning as a morpheme in words such as "담배" (dam bae), meaning tobacco or cigarette, and "담장" (dam jang), meaning wall or fence. As part of the Unicode standard, it ensures consistent digital representation and text processing for Korean across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B2F4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Dam |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "다" U+B2E4 Hangul Syllable Da "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 담 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 담 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8B 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB2F4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B2F4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub2f4 |