U+B342 "덂" Hangul Syllable Dyaelm Unicode Character
U+B342 "덂" Hangul Syllable Dyaelm is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic value "dyaelm" by combining the initial consonant "dy" (equivalent to a doubled or tense "d" sound), the medial vowel "yae" (a combination of the "ya" and "ae" sounds), and the final consonant "lm" (a double final consonant of "l" and "m"). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters as single characters for efficient text processing, though in practice this specific syllable is extremely rare or nonexistent in standard Korean vocabulary. As a Unicode symbol, it allows for consistent representation and interchange of Korean text across different computer systems and software without requiring separate encoding of each letter component.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B342 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Dyaelm |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "댸" U+B338 Hangul Syllable Dyae "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 덂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 덂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8D 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB342 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B342 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub342 |