ㆋ

ㆋ U+318B, ㆋ
HANGUL LETTER YU-YE
← ㆊ
[U+318A] 		Hangul Compatibility Jamo ㆌ →
[U+318C]
ᆒ U+1192, ᆒ
HANGUL JUNGSEONG YU-YE
← ᆑ
[U+1191] 		Hangul Jamo ᆓ →
[U+1193]

Middle Korean

Letter

ㆋ (ywey)

  1. A trigraph of ㅠ (ywu), ㅕ (ye), and ㅣ (i), intended to transcribe certain triphthongs in Chinese without Korean equivalent, e.g. Middle Chinese [wei].

Usage notes
  • It was never used in Middle Korean itself.
  • Characters whose Middle Chinese medial was written with this trigraph include:
    桂 (MC kwejH), transcribed ᄀᆒᆼ (Yale: kywey)
    稅 (MC sywejH), transcribed ᄉᆒᆼ (Yale: sywey)
    慧 (MC hwejH), transcribed ᄒᆒᆼ (Yale: hywey)
    喙 (MC xjwojH), transcribed ᄒᆒᆼ (Yale: hywey)
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