Ieung

Not to be confused with the Latin letter O, the number 0, the Greek letter omicron, or the Cyrillic O.
Ieung
ㅇ
Usage
Writing systemHangul
TypeAlphabet
Sound values
  • [∅] (in the initial position)
  • [ʔ] (sometimes)
  • [ŋ] (in the final position)
In UnicodeU+3147, U+110B, U+11BC, U+3207, U+3267
Other
Korean name
Hangul
이응
RRieung
MRiŭng

Ieung (letter: ㅇ; name: 이응) is a consonant letter of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. 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 [ʔ] sound on some occasions. It takes on the [ŋ] sound when it is the ending consonant in a syllable.

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