Siot Explained

Hangul Image:	Korean Alphabet siot.png
Rr:	Siot
Mr:	Siot

Siot (character: ㅅ; Korean: 시옷, siot, North Korean: 시읏, sieut) is a consonant of the Korean alphabet.^[1] The Unicode for ㅅ is U+3145. Siot indicates an pronounced as /link/ sound like in the English word "staff", but at the end of a syllable it denotes a pronounced as /link/ sound. Before pronounced as /link/, semivowels (like ㅛ, yo) and the vowel ㅟ (wi) it is pronounced pronounced as /link/.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. News: N. Korea's new SLBM labeled 'Pukguksong-4ㅅ,' not 'Pukguksong-4A: Navy chief. October 15, 2020. Yonhap News Agency.
2. Web site: Korean. Omniglot. 2021-10-20.
3. Web site: Script and pronunciation. University College London. 2021-10-20.
4. Book: The Sounds of Korean. XiX–XX. Jiyoung Shin, Jieun Kiaer, Jaeeun Cha. Cambridge University Press. 2012. 9781139789882.
5. Web site: 태국인 한국어 학습자의 한국어 발음 오류 분석 및 발음교육 방안 연구. Naver. 2021-10-20. ko.