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ㆇ

hangul letter yo-ya

Hangul letter yo-ya

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ㆇ is an old Hangul vowel combination: a compound medial, or vowel in the middle of a syllable. In the 15th century, the Hunminjeongeum, a text explaining Hangul’s design, describes joining ㅛ (yo) and ㅑ (ya) as ㆇ; spelling reforms later that century removed it. It belongs in historical or technical references, not everyday Korean spelling.

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What ㆇ means

It joins vowel forms into one syllable position.

The Hunminjeongeum links the Hangul vowel forms ㅛ (yo) and ㅑ (ya) through their shared ㅣ (i) element, forming one medial—the vowel position inside a syllable.

The Academy of Korean Studies’ encyclopedia, a history reference, lists ㆇ among medials considered possible but unused. Research on government publications calls its removal a spelling reform in the 15th century. It records a design possibility, not an established spelling.

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How to type or find ㆇ

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old Hangul · archaic jamo · Hangul medial · 요야
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 3187, then AltX to get ㆇ.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul letter yo-ya”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 3187, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ㆇ
CSS
\3187
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ㆇ
HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\3187";
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%E3%86%87
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