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.
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