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Stroke order
ㅊ (chieut) stroke order.png

[edit] Korean

[edit] Etymology

From (jieut) + additional horizontal line representing burst of aspiration.

[edit] Symbol

(ch, McCune-Reischauer ch')

  1. 치읓 (chieut), a jamo (letter) of the alphabet of the Korean writing system, hangeul.
    In the North Korean order, it is the tenth jamo. In the South Korean order, it is the fifteenth.
    ㅊ (chieut) is pronounced as a aspirated alveolo-palatal affricate (IPA: [ʨʰ]), i.e. similar to the English ch.