U+B5A3 "떣" Hangul Syllable Ddeogs Unicode Character
U+B5A3 "떣" Hangul Syllable Ddeogs is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄸ" (a tense, double "d" sound) with the vowel "ㅓ" (eo) and the final consonant "ㄳ" (gs). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed from the Korean alphabet according to the standard syllabic structure. While "떣" is a technically valid and encoded syllable, it is extremely rare in actual Korean usage, as the syllable "떡" (ddeok, meaning rice cake) is far more common, and the final consonant cluster "ㄳ" is uncommon in everyday vocabulary. Nonetheless, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any theoretically possible Hangul syllable can be digitally represented and rendered across compliant systems and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B5A3 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ddeogs |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "떠" U+B5A0 Hangul Syllable Ddeo "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 떣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 떣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x96 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB5A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B5A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub5a3 |