디귿

Korean

Alternative forms

• 디읃 (dieut) (North Korea)

Etymology

Coined at 1527 as 池末 in Hunmongjahoe(訓蒙字會, Introductions of the Letters for Youth), written by Choe Sejin. Each Sino-korean letter is used only for showing Korean pronunciation, as Middle Sino-korean 池(디, di) has the initial ㄷ in its pronunciation, and the meaning of 末(Middle Korean 귿(geud)) has the final ㄷ.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tiɡɯt̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [디귿]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	digeut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	digeud
McCune–Reischauer?	tigŭt
Yale Romanization?	tikut

Noun

디귿 • (digeut)

1. digeut - the name of the third jamo, ㄷ (d) in hangeul.