아래아

Korean

Etymology

From 아래 (arae, “below, under”) +‎ 아 (a), referring to its position at the very bottom of syllable charts, which were ordered 가갸거겨 […] 기ᄀᆞ.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɾɛa̠] ~ [a̠ɾe̞a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [아래아/아레아]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	araea
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	alaea
McCune–Reischauer?	araea
Yale Romanization?	alay.a

Noun

아래아 • (araea)

1. (phonology) the Korean vowel ㆍ, found in modern Jeju but otherwise obsolete