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ㆋ (ywey)
- A trigraph of ㅠ (ywu), ㅕ (ye), and ㅣ (i), intended to transcribe certain triphthongs in Chinese without Korean equivalent, e.g. Middle Chinese [wei].
- It was never used in Middle Korean itself.
- Characters whose Middle Chinese medial was written with this trigraph include:
- 桂 (MC kwejH), transcribed ᄀᆒᆼ (Yale: kywey)
- 稅 (MC sywejH), transcribed ᄉᆒᆼ (Yale: sywey)
- 慧 (MC hwejH), transcribed ᄒᆒᆼ (Yale: hywey)
- 喙 (MC xjwojH), transcribed ᄒᆒᆼ (Yale: hywey)