시옷

Korean

Etymology

Coined at 1527 as 時衣 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 Sino-korean 時 has the initial ㅅ in its pronunciation, and the meaning of 衣(옷) has the final ㅅ.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?siot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sios
McCune–Reischauer?siot
Yale Romanization?sios

Noun

시옷 • (siot)

  1. siot - the name of the seventh jamo, ㅅ (s) in hangul

Synonyms

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