이응

Korean

Etymology

Coined in 1527 as 異凝 in Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會, Introductions of the Letters for Youth), written by Choe Sejin. Originally it was the name for the now obsolete consonant ㆁ (ng), which was subsequently lost in pronunciation and replaced ㅇ, which originally stood for a zero initial and was named 이 (伊; i) in the same book. The two Chinese characters are used for their Sino-Korean pronunciation only, as the reading of 異 has ㅇ as its initial consonant, and 凝 has ㅇ as its final consonant.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ieung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ieung
McCune–Reischauer?iŭng
Yale Romanization?iung

Noun

이응 • (ieung)

  1. ieung - the name of the eighth jamo, ㅇ (') in hangul
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