뫼 — moe
pronounced [뫼/뭬]
뫼 is written with ㅁ and ㅚ, but the standard reads it [뫼/뭬] — not the way it is spelled. It is romanized moe. 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.
The rules that decide this
Standard Korean Pronunciation, Article 4, Note
[Note] ㅚ and ㅟ may also be pronounced as diphthongs.
[붙임] 'ㅚ, ㅟ'는 이중 모음으로 발음할 수 있다.
Gives every ㅚ syllable a second, permitted reading — 괴 is [괴] or [궤].
All the rules this site follows
The two letters
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Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce 뫼? +
- 뫼 is read [뫼/뭬], not the way it is spelled. It is romanized moe.
- Is 뫼 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.