U+B4EF "듯" Hangul Syllable Deus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
듯
U+B4EF "듯" Hangul Syllable Deus is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "deut." It is formed from the initial consonant digraph ㄷ (d) and the central vowel ㅡ (eu), combined with the final consonant ㅅ (t, as a syllable-final sound). In Korean, this syllable functions grammatically as a bound noun or dependent particle often used to mean "as if" or "like," expressing resemblance or conjecture in various contexts. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it is encoded for digital text representation and allows for proper rendering and processing of Korean language content across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B4EF |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Deus |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "드" U+B4DC Hangul Syllable Deu "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 듯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 듯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x93 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB4EF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B4EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub4ef |