사이시옷

Korean

Alternative forms

• 사이시읏 (saisieut) (North Korea)

Etymology

사이 (sai, “interval”) +‎ 시옷 (siot, Korean letter)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠iɕʰio̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [사이시옫]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saisiot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saisios
McCune–Reischauer?	saisiot
Yale Romanization?	saisios

Noun

사이시옷 • (saisiot)

1. (linguistics) a Korean morpheme found in many compound words; synonym of 사잇소리 (saitsori)
2. (linguistics) in South Korean orthography, the Korean letter ㅅ (-s-) when used to write this morpheme