U+B4DC "드" Hangul Syllable Deu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
드
U+B4DC "드" Hangul Syllable Deu is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "deu" (IPA: [dɯ]). This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄷ" (d) with the vertical vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and it functions as a complete, single code point for efficient digital text processing and display. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, "드" is widely used in written Korean to form words such as "드라마" (deurama, "drama") and "드라이브" (deuraibeu, "drive"), making it a common and essential component for representing Korean language text in computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B4DC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Deu |
| 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 "ᅳ" U+1173 Hangul Jungseong Eu |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 드 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 드 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x93 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB4DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B4DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub4dc |