ㅊ

See also: 大

ㅊ U+314A, ㅊ HANGUL LETTER CHIEUCH ← ㅉ [U+3149] Hangul Compatibility Jamo ㅋ → [U+314B]

ᄎ U+110E, ᄎ HANGUL CHOSEONG CHIEUCH ← ᄍ [U+110D] Hangul Jamo ᄏ → [U+110F]

ᆾ U+11BE, ᆾ HANGUL JONGSEONG CHIEUCH ← ᆽ [U+11BD] Hangul Jamo ᆿ → [U+11BF]

㈉ U+3209, ㈉ PARENTHESIZED HANGUL CHIEUCH ← ㈈ [U+3208] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈊ → [U+320A]

㉩ U+3269, ㉩ CIRCLED HANGUL CHIEUCH ← ㉨ [U+3268] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㉪ → [U+326A]

ﾺ U+FFBA, ﾺ HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER CHIEUCH ← ﾹ [U+FFB9] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ﾻ → [U+FFBB]

Korean

Stroke order

Etymology

The Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye, the treatise introducing the principles behind the Korean alphabet written by its inventor King Sejong in 1446, explains that this glyph was derived by adding a stroke to ㅈ (j, “j”) to represent aspiration.

Letter

ㅊ • (ch)

1. 치읓 (chieut), a jamo (letter) of Hangul, the Korean alphabet.

Usage notes

• ㅊ (chieut) is pronounced as an aspirated alveolo-palatal affricate ([t͡ɕʰ]), i.e. similar to the English ch.