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See also: 𬽡
U+3149, ㅉ
HANGUL LETTER SSANGCIEUC

Hangul Compatibility Jamo
U+110D, ᄍ
HANGUL CHOSEONG SSANGCIEUC

Hangul Jamo
U+D7F9, ퟹ
HANGUL JONGSEONG SSANGCIEUC

Hangul Jamo Extended-B
U+FFB9, ᄍ
HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER SSANGCIEUC

Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms

Korean

Etymology

Doubled (jieut)

Letter

(jj)

  1. A digraph of hangul, the Korean alphabet.

Usage notes

  • In North Korea, ㅉ is called 된지읒 (doenjieut), "strong ㅈ (jieut)". In South Korea, it is called 쌍지읒 (ssangjieut), "doubled ㅈ (jieut)".
  • ㅉ is pronounced as an alveolo-palatal affricate with tense phonation (IPA: or ), i.e. similar to the English ch, but with a stiff tongue and glottal opening.
  • In Dongguk Jeong'un (東國正韻), this letter was used to transcribe voiced alveolar sibilant affricate () of Middle Chinese.