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)