U+B5B8 "떸" Hangul Syllable Ddeok Unicode Character

U+B5B8 "떸" Hangul Syllable Ddeok is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound “ddeok” where the initial consonant is a double ‘ㄸ’ (a tense ‘d’) followed by the vowel ‘ㅓ’ (eo) and the final consonant ‘ㄱ’ (k). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllables by combining an initial consonant, a medial vowel, and an optional final consonant, all into a single code point. The syllable is commonly associated with the Korean word for rice cake, as in the dish “떡볶이” (ddeokbokki), though in standard modern usage “떡” is typically written as U+B5E1 rather than this specific variant. U+B5B8 therefore serves as one representation within the full matrix of theoretically possible Hangul syllable combinations, even if it is not frequently encountered in everyday written Korean.