ㆆ

ㆆ U 3186, ㆆ HANGUL LETTER YEORINHIEUH ← ㆅ [U 3185] Hangul Compatibility Jamo ㆇ → [U 3187]

ᅙ U 1159, ᅙ HANGUL CHOSEONG YEORINHIEUH ← ᅘ [U 1158] Hangul Jamo ᅚ → [U 115A]

ᇹ U 11F9, ᇹ HANGUL JONGSEONG YEORINHIEUH ← ᇸ [U 11F8] Hangul Jamo ᇺ → [U 11FA]

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /◌͈/

Letter

ㆆ

1. (linguistics) In contemporary Korean dialectology, used to represent an archiphoneme which tenses the subsequent consonant.
2. (obsolete) Used for the same purpose in New Korean Orthography, a brief-lived (1948—1954) spelling reform in North Korea.

Middle Korean

Etymology

From ㅇ (null consonant), with an additional stroke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/ (in Chinese transcription)
• IPA^(key): /◌͈/ (in native Korean)

Letter

ㆆ (q)

1. Transcribes [ʔ] in Chinese. This was not a sound in Middle Korean.
2. Used to represent an archiphoneme which tenses the subsequent consonant.

Usage notes

• Called 여린히읗 (yeorinhieut) in Modern Korean.

See also

• ㆁ (ng)
• ㅇ