Hangul Sios-Pieup Final

Use a Unicode character map or an editor with code-point input. Standard Korean input methods usually enter modern Hangul syllable blocks, so they do not normally offer this old final.

In historical text, it follows the vowel as the syllable-final consonant. If the rest of the syllable uses modern Hangul, it follows the completed syllable as a separate character.

What is ᇪ used for?

It marks a historical Korean syllable-final consonant cluster. Jongseong is the final-consonant position in a Hangul syllable; this old character fills it with the Sios-Pieup cluster.

Hangul’s earliest written record dates to 1443; Hunminjeongeum, the book that explained the script, was published in 1446. The script’s stated aim was to represent Joseon Korean, which differed from Chinese, with clear positions for the syllable’s initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant. Those dates mark the script’s documented beginning, not the first use of ᇪ.

The related leading form ᄲ has a standalone legacy counterpart, ㅽ. In Middle Korean, the leading form is recorded with an s-like hiss followed by a lip-closed p sound; later spelling also used it for the tense, doubled p sound. That history belongs to the leading form, not a guaranteed modern pronunciation of ᇪ; the spelling was being retired in the 1930s.

Why does ᇪ render differently?

Its joined shape depends on trailing-form font support. Hangul letters join to form syllables; they are not combining marks. If a font lacks trailing-form shaping, ᇪ may appear unjoined or use a fallback glyph.

ᆹ is a practical lookalike: it has the same two components in reverse order and is a modern Hangul final. It cannot replace this older Sios-Pieup final.