U+B54C "때" Hangul Syllable Ddae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
때
U+B54C "때" Hangul Syllable Ddae is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound of the initial consonant "ㄸ" (a tense, double t sound) combined with the vowel "ㅐ" (ae, like the vowel in "cat"). This character is used in everyday Korean vocabulary, appearing in common words such as "때문" (daemun, meaning reason or cause) and "때" itself (which can mean time, spot, or dirt, depending on context). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it functions as a single code point for efficient text handling and display, supporting the accurate representation of Korean text in digital systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B54C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ddae |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄄ" U+1104 Hangul Choseong Ssangtikeut "ᅢ" U+1162 Hangul Jungseong Ae |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 때 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 때 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x95 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB54C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B54C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub54c |