Explanation 6 · Example Usage
HANGUL, The Cosmic Philosophy · p.233 / 428
Medial vowels
ㆍ (Hanul-A)[ʌ] appears in [tʰʌk], chin, [pʰʌt], red
been, 리 [tʌɾi], leg, and 래 [kʌɾaj], soil drag.
ㅡ (eu) appears in 믈 Meul, water, 발측 BalCheuk, heel, 그
력 GeuRyeok, wild goose, and 드레 DeuRe, water
bucket.
ㅣ (i) appears in 깃 Git, nest, 밀 Mil, beeswax, 피 Pi, weed,
and 키 Ki, winnowing basket.
ㅗ (o) appears in 논 Non, rice field, 톱 Top, saw, 호
[homʌj], hoe, and 벼로 Byeoru, inkstone.
ㅏ (a) appears in 밥 Bap, cooked rice, 낟 Nat, sickle, 이
Yia , heddle, loom part, and 사 [sasʌm], deer.
ㅜ (u) appears in 숯 Sut, charcoal, 울 Ul, fence, 누에 Nue,
silkworm, and 구리 GuRi, copper.
ㅓ (eo) appears in 브 BeuZeob, kitchen, 널 Neol, plank,
서리 SeoRi, frost, and 버들 BeoDeul, willow.
ㅛ (yo) appears in 죵 Jyong, servant, 고욤 Goyom, lotus
persimmon, 쇼 Syo, cow, and 삽됴 SapDyo, medicinal
herb Atractylodes.
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