U+B738 "뜸" Hangul Syllable Ddeum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뜸
U+B738 "뜸" Hangul Syllable Ddeum is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ddeum." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄄ (double t) with the medial vowel ㅡ (eu) and the final consonant ㅁ (m), and its use is documented in the Unicode Standard under the Hangul Syllables block. In the Korean language, this syllable can appear in various words, such as the noun 뜸 (ddeum) meaning "a moxibustion treatment" or the verb stem 뜸 (ddeum) from 뜨다 (tteuda) meaning "to float" or "to rise," showcasing its functional role in everyday vocabulary and written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B738 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ddeum |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뜨" U+B728 Hangul Syllable Ddeu "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뜸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뜸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x9C 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB738 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B738 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub738 |