U+B359 "덙" Hangul Syllable Deonj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
덙
U+B359 "덙" Hangul Syllable Deonj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value "deonj." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄷ" (d), the vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and the final consonant cluster "ㄵ" (nj). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it enables efficient digital text representation and processing for Korean, where over 11,000 such precomposed syllables are encoded to cover the full range of standard syllable blocks used in the language. This character is primarily used in written Korean, though it is not among the most common syllables and may appear in specific vocabulary or proper names.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B359 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Deonj |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "더" U+B354 Hangul Syllable Deo "ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 덙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 덙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8D 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB359 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B359 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub359 |