Hangul Jungseong Araea-E

Use an Old Hangul picker; a standard Korean keyboard lacks it.

The National Institute of Korean Language offers selectable character ranges because old Hangul spellings such as araea-e can be difficult to enter with a regular Korean keyboard.

What does ퟆ mean in Old Hangul?

It is an old Hangul vowel spelling, not a whole syllable.

Old Hangul refers to earlier Korean writing with letters no longer used in standard modern spelling. The National Institute of Korean Language lists ퟆ as ㆍ + ㅔ: araea, an older Korean vowel, followed by the Hangul vowel ㅔ. In a syllable block—the visual unit that writes one syllable—it fills the vowel position.

Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 so people could write Korean in their own script. Araea was a Middle Korean vowel. During the 16th century, its pronunciation shifted toward ㅡ in later syllables of words and toward ㅏ in first syllables. Its sound disappeared from mainland Korean by mid-18th century, while spelling standards removed araea in 1912 and 1933. As of 2026, Jeju speech retains traces. Those changes describe araea, not a pronunciation for ퟆ.