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An inserted letter marking a compound.
Also known as: Interfix siot Korean, Korean compound marker
The Korean letter inserted between the parts of a compound noun to mark the join and the sound change at it.
Marks the join in a compound noun and the tensing that occurs at it.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Is written for a sound that is not otherwise written, which makes it one of the few places Korean orthography is phonetic rather than morphological; the rule for when it applies is complicated enough that native writers disagree, and the language authority publishes rulings on individual words.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A single consonant letter set into the final position of the first block of a compound, where that block would otherwise have had no final letter.