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Ae (hangul)

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Ae
Hangul
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Ae (letter: ; name: ; Korean pronunciation: [ɛ]) is a vowel in Korean hangul.

History

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The letter was originally the combination of ⟨ㅏ⟩ and ⟨ㅣ⟩ as verified from the description of the chapter "An Explanation of the Medials (中聲解)" of the Hunminjeongeum Haerye.[a][1] In the 15th century, the letter was originally pronounced as the diphthong /aj/, however, it was not included with the 11 medial letters, along with ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ, which started with the letter ⟨ㅣ⟩.[1] From the 18th and 19th century, the change of pronunciations of the word is attested by confused notations with ㅔ.[1]

Stroke order

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Stroke order in writing ㅐ
Stroke order in writing ㅐ

Computing codes

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Character information
Preview
Unicode name HANGUL LETTER AE HANGUL JUNGSEONG AE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode12624U+31504450U+1162
UTF-8227 133 144E3 85 90225 133 162E1 85 A2
Numeric character referenceㅐㅐᅢᅢ

Notes

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  1. Ten combinations with the letter ⟨ㅣ⟩ as a medial letter exist (一字中聲之與ㅣ相合者十), which are ㆎ ㅢ ㅚ ㅐ ㅟ ㅔ ㆉ ㅒ ㆌ ㅖ.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "ㅐ". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.