ㅲ

ㅲ U+3172, ㅲ HANGUL LETTER PIEUP-KIYEOK ← ㅱ [U+3171] Hangul Compatibility Jamo ㅳ → [U+3173]

ᄞ U+111E, ᄞ HANGUL CHOSEONG PIEUP-KIYEOK ← ᄝ [U+111D] Hangul Jamo ᄟ → [U+111F]

Early Modern Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k͈]

Letter

ㅲ (pk)

1. A digraph of ㅂ (p) and ㄱ (k). [mainly until c. 18th century]

Usage notes

• Used primarily to write words that had originally had the Middle Korean cluster ㅴ (psk-), mainly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 254). A */pk-/ cluster did not exist in Middle Korean.