Siot

Consonant letter of the Korean Hangul alphabet
siot
Hangul
Korean name
Revised RomanizationSiot
McCune–ReischauerSiot

Siot (character: ; Korean: 시옷, siot, North Korean: 시읏, sieut) is a consonant of the Korean alphabet.[1] The Unicode for ㅅ is U+3145. Siot indicates an [s] sound like in the English word "staff", but at the end of a syllable it denotes a [t] sound. Before [i], semivowels (like ㅛ, yo) and the vowel ㅟ (wi) it is pronounced [ɕ].[2][3][4][5]

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ㅅ
Stroke order in writing ㅅ

References

  1. ^ "N. Korea's new SLBM labeled 'Pukguksong-4ㅅ,' not 'Pukguksong-4A: Navy chief". Yonhap News Agency. October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Korean". Omniglot. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  3. ^ "Script and pronunciation". University College London. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  4. ^ Jiyoung Shin, Jieun Kiaer, Jaeeun Cha (2012). The Sounds of Korean. Cambridge University Press. pp. XiX–XX. ISBN 9781139789882.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "태국인 한국어 학습자의 한국어 발음 오류 분석 및 발음교육 방안 연구" (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
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