U+B370 "데" Hangul Syllable De Unicode Character
U+B370 "데" Hangul Syllable De is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "de" in the Korean language. It is composed of the initial consonant ᄃ (d) and the vowel ᅦ (e), which combine to form a single, indivisible character within the Unicode Standard. This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), which encodes all possible modern Korean syllable blocks in a systematic, codified order. In practical use, "데" appears frequently in Korean text, serving as a grammatical particle meaning "place" or "location" in verb constructions, such as in the expression "좋은 데" (jo-eun de) meaning "a good place." Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and proper text display across different software platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B370 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable De |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄃ" U+1103 Hangul Choseong Tikeut "ᅦ" U+1166 Hangul Jungseong E |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 데 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 데 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8D 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB370 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B370 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub370 |