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See also: ㅅㅅ and
U+3146, ㅆ
HANGUL LETTER SSANGSIOS

[U+3145]
Hangul Compatibility Jamo
[U+3147]
U+110A, ᄊ
HANGUL CHOSEONG SSANGSIOS

[U+1109]
Hangul Jamo
[U+110B]
U+11BB, ᆻ
HANGUL JONGSEONG SSANGSIOS

[U+11BA]
Hangul Jamo
[U+11BC]

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Doubled (siot)

Letter[edit]

(ss)

  1. A digraph of Hangul, the Korean alphabet.
    In North Korea, ㅆ is called 된시읏 (doensieut), "strong ㅅ (sieut)". In South Korea, it is called 쌍시옷 (ssangsiot), "doubled ㅅ (siot)".
    ㅆ is pronounced as a sibilant with tense phonation (IPA: [s͈] or [z̬]), i.e. similar to the English s, but with a stiff tongue and glottal opening.

Usage notes[edit]

In Dongguk Jeong'un (東國正韻), this letter was used to transcribe voiced alveolar fricative ([z]) of Middle Chinese.