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U+3187, ㆇ
HANGUL LETTER YO-YA

Hangul Compatibility Jamo
U+1184, ᆄ
HANGUL JUNGSEONG YO-YA

Hangul Jamo

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /*jwa/, /*wia/ (hypothetical)

Letter

(ywa)

  1. A digraph of (ywo) and (ya).

Usage notes

  • This digraph was never actually used. King Sejong, the inventor of the Korean alphabet, used it only as a hypothetical example to demonstrate how letters could combine to represent sequences of vowels. The hypothetical triphthong is not possible in Middle Korean and does not represent any Middle Chinese medial.