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U+318B, ㆋ
HANGUL LETTER YU-YE

[U+318A]
Hangul Compatibility Jamo
[U+318C]
U+1192, ᆒ
HANGUL JUNGSEONG YU-YE

[U+1191]
Hangul Jamo
[U+1193]

Middle Korean

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Letter

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(ywey)

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

Usage notes

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