U+D138 "털" Hangul Syllable Teol Unicode Character
U+D138 "털" Hangul Syllable Teol is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "teol" and consisting of the initial consonant ᄐ (t), the vowel ᅥ (eo), and the final consonant ᄅ (l). This character is encoded in the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which contains all 11,172 modern and ancient Hangul syllables arranged in a systematic order based on a three-part lead vowel tail structure. In Korean, 털 carries several meanings, most commonly referring to "hair" or "fur" on a human or animal body, as well as "strands" of fiber or wool, making it a frequently used word in everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for standardized digital representation and accurate text rendering across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D138 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Teol |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "터" U+D130 Hangul Syllable Teo "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 털 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 털 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x84 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD138 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D138 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud138 |