How do you pronounce 쯔?

쯔 is romanized jjeu and read exactly as written.

Is 쯔 used in real Korean words?

Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.

쯔

쯔 — jjeu

쯔 is ㅉ plus ㅡ, romanized jjeu and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: less common — it appears, but below the median frequency. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㅉ + ㅡ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㅉ (ssangjieut)

/t͈ɕ/

a tense, unaspirated j — sharp and clipped

ㅡ

/ɯ/

no close English match — the oo of moon with lips spread flat

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅉ)

Same vowel (ㅡ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 쯔?: 쯔 is romanized jjeu and read exactly as written.
Is 쯔 used in real Korean words?: Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.