Explanation 5 · Three-Sound Harmony
HANGUL, The Cosmic Philosophy · p.206 / 428
Among the six final sounds ㄱ ㆁ ㄷ ㄴ ㅂ ㅁ (익 읻 인 입
임) (iK iŋ iD iN iB iM), all are used in both Hanja and our
native words. However, ㅅ ㄹ(잇 일) (iT iL) appear only in
the final sounds of our words, such as 옷 OT meaning
Clothes and 실 SiL meaning Thread.
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