What ㄿ means
It is a two-letter Korean final cluster.
ㄿ combines ㄹ and ㅍ in the bottom, or final, position of a Korean syllable. It appears in 읊다, meaning “to recite,” and related forms; by itself, ㄿ names a spelling unit, not a word.
The spelling history of 읊다 is gradual: the related form 입주리다 appears in 15th-century texts; 잎다 shifts to 읖다 in the 16th century, and ㄹ appears before ㅍ in the 17th, producing 읊-. Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in the Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the writing system published in 1446.
Why does ㄿ sound different in 읊다 and 읊어?
The sound after ㄿ changes how it is pronounced.
At the end of a word or before another consonant, ㄿ is reduced to [ㅂ]: 읊다 is pronounced [읍따], and 읊고 is [읍꼬]. Before a vowel, ㅍ carries into the next syllable: 읊어 is [을퍼].
Before ㄴ, the remaining ㅂ becomes [ㅁ], as in 읊는 [음는]. The spelling stays the same while the spoken sound responds to what follows.
How should I type or display ㄿ?
A Korean keyboard usually builds a syllable block.
ㄿ is a compatibility jamo: a standalone form retained for compatibility with older Korean text. Korean input methods usually arrange typed letters into syllable blocks, so typing the word 읊다 will generally produce the word, not this one-character form.
For the standalone character, use Unicode input for U313F. NFKC and NFKD normalization convert compatibility jamo to conjoining jamo, so the underlying character can change even if the resulting shape looks related.
A technical spelling unit from Korean; inside a word, its pronunciation depends on the next sound.
Alone, read ㄿ as a Korean letter or encoding form, not a reaction.
Who writes ㄿ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsTreat it as an isolated or quoted Korean letter; surrounding text would identify a word.
Don't confuse it with
3ㄹㅍ These are two separate letters. Together they show ㄿ’s components but are not the single compatibility character.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Questions people ask
2Why does ㄿ change after normalization?
It can change: NFKC and NFKD convert compatibility jamo to conjoining jamo, so the underlying character changes even when the forms look related.
Can ㄿ stand for a Korean word by itself?
No. It is a spelling unit used inside a syllable, as in 읊다; alone, it does not make a word.
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How to type or find ㄿ
- Search it as
- ㄿ · ㄹㅍ · 겹받침 · 받침 · 읊다 · 읊조리다 · rieul phieuph · Korean final cluster
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ㄿ\313FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.