Ae (hangul)

Ae
Hangul
애
RRae
MRae

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

History

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

Stroke order in writing ㅐ
Stroke order in writing ㅐ

Computing codes

Character information
Previewㅐᅢ
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

  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

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