퇴 — toe
pronounced [퇴/퉤]
퇴 is written with ㅌ and ㅚ, but the standard reads it [퇴/퉤] — not the way it is spelled. It is romanized toe. 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].
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The two letters
Words containing 퇴
- 퇴원hospital discharge
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Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce 퇴? +
- 퇴 is read [퇴/퉤], not the way it is spelled. It is romanized toe.