U+B55C "땜" Hangul Syllable Ddaem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B55C "땜" Hangul Syllable Ddaem is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "ddaem." It is composed of the initial consonant "ㄸ" (a tensed double 'd' or 'tt') and the vowel "ㅐ" (a sound similar to 'ae' in 'cat'), followed by the final consonant "ㅁ" (an 'm' sound). In Korean, this syllable often functions as a noun meaning "soldering" or "patch" and can also denote a clever or sly trick or scheme in informal contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Hangul Syllables block facilitates the accurate digital representation of modern and historical Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+B55C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ddaem
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "때" U+B54C Hangul Syllable Ddae
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 땜
HTML Hex Encoding 땜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x95 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB55C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B55C
C/C++/Java Escape \ub55c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter