U+D23C "툼" Hangul Syllable Tum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
툼
U+D23C "툼" Hangul Syllable Tum is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, formed by combining the initial consonant ᄐ (t) with the vowel ᅮ (u) and the final consonant ᄆ (m). It is not a common standalone word in contemporary Korean but can appear as part of larger words or names, such as in the verb stem "툼" (tum) meaning "to uncover" or as a component in compound terms. This character reflects the systematic structure of Hangul, where syllables are composed logically from individual jamo, and it is encoded in the Unicode standard to facilitate consistent digital representation across platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D23C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Tum |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "투" U+D22C Hangul Syllable Tu "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 툼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 툼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x88 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD23C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D23C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud23c |