ㅉ

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See also: 𬽡
ㅉ U+3149, ㅉ
HANGUL LETTER SSANGCIEUC
← ㅈ
 		Hangul Compatibility Jamo ㅊ →
ᄍ U+110D, ᄍ
HANGUL CHOSEONG SSANGCIEUC
← ᄌ
 		Hangul Jamo ᄎ →
ퟹ U+D7F9, ퟹ
HANGUL JONGSEONG SSANGCIEUC
← ퟸ
 		Hangul Jamo Extended-B ퟺ →
ﾹ U+FFB9, ﾹ
HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER SSANGCIEUC
← ﾸ
 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ﾺ →

Korean

Etymology

Doubled ㅈ (jieut)

Letter

ㅉ • (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.
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