ㅆ

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See also: ㅅㅅ and 从
ㅆ U+3146, ㅆ
HANGUL LETTER SSANGSIOS
← ㅅ
 		Hangul Compatibility Jamo ㅇ →
ᄊ U+110A, ᄊ
HANGUL CHOSEONG SSANGSIOS
← ᄉ
 		Hangul Jamo ᄋ →
ᆻ U+11BB, ᆻ
HANGUL JONGSEONG SSANGSIOS
← ᆺ
 		Hangul Jamo ᆼ →

Korean

Etymology

Doubled ㅅ (siot)

Letter

ㅆ • (ss)

  1. A digraph of hangul, the Korean alphabet.
    In North Korea, ㅆ is called 된시읏 (doensieut), "strong ㅅ (sieut)". In South Korea, it is called 쌍시옷 (ssangsiot), "doubled ㅅ (siot)".
    ㅆ is pronounced as a sibilant with tense phonation (IPA: or ), i.e. similar to the English s, but with a stiff tongue and glottal opening.

Usage notes

In Dongguk Jeong'un (東國正韻), this letter was used to transcribe voiced alveolar fricative () of Middle Chinese.

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