| Giyeok | |
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| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 기역 |
| RR | giyeok |
| MR | kiyŏk |
| North Korean name | |
| Hangul | 기윽 |
| RR | gieuk |
| MR | kiŭk |
Giyeok (letter: ㄱ; South Korean name: 기역; North Korean name: 기윽[1]) is one of the Korean Hangul. Depending on its position, it makes a 'g' or 'k' sound. At the beginning and end of a word it is usually pronounced [k], while after a vowel it is [ɡ]. The IPA pronunciation is [k].[2][3][4]
Stroke order

Computing codes
| Preview | ㄱ | ᄀ | ᆨ | ㈀ | ㉠ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | HANGUL LETTER KIYEOK | HANGUL CHOSEONG KIYEOK | HANGUL JONGSEONG KIYEOK | PARENTHESIZED HANGUL KIYEOK | CIRCLED HANGUL KIYEOK | |||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12593 | U+3131 | 4352 | U+1100 | 4520 | U+11A8 | 12800 | U+3200 | 12896 | U+3260 |
| UTF-8 | 227 132 177 | E3 84 B1 | 225 132 128 | E1 84 80 | 225 134 168 | E1 86 A8 | 227 136 128 | E3 88 80 | 227 137 160 | E3 89 A0 |
| Numeric character reference | ㄱ | ㄱ | ᄀ | ᄀ | ᆨ | ᆨ | ㈀ | ㈀ | ㉠ | ㉠ |
References
- ↑ "[북녘말] 기윽 디읃 시읏 / 김태훈". 7 October 2007.
- ↑ Jiyoung Shin; Jieun Kiaer; Jaeeun Cha (2012). The Sounds of Korean. Cambridge University Press. pp. XiX–XX. ISBN 9781139789882.
- ↑ "Korean". Omniglot. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ↑ "Script and pronunciation". University College London. Archived from the original on 2024-01-21. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
External links
- ㄱ, the first letter in the Korean alphabet (in Korean)
Look up ㄱ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
