Ieung Explained

Hangul Image:	Korean Alphabet ieung.png
Rr:	ieung
Mr:	iŭng

Ieung (sign: ㅇ;) is a consonant letter of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. The Unicode for ㅇ is U+3147. It is silent when used at the beginning of a syllable (it is a consonant placeholder in vowel letters). However, ㅇ might take on the glottal stop pronounced as /[ʔ]/ sound on some occasions.^[1] It takes on the pronounced as /link/ sound when it is the ending consonant in a syllable.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 성문 파열음[?]에 대해 알아보자.glottal stop ]. 2022-03-09 . m1.386dx.com . ko.
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.