Bangjeom

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Bangjeom
	U+302E 〮 HANGUL SINGLE DOT TONE MARK; U+302F 〯 HANGUL DOUBLE DOT TONE MARK;

Bangjeom were diacritics used in Hangul to represent tones in Middle Korean. They fell out of use around the 16th century.

Glyphs

In vertical writing, bangjeom are placed to the left of syllable blocks, while in horizontal writing they can be placed left or above syllable blocks.

U+302E 〮 HANGUL SINGLE DOT TONE MARK
U+302F 〯 HANGUL DOUBLE DOT TONE MARK

Notes

↑ Korean: 방점; pronounced [pa̠ŋ.t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹m]

References

↑ Ledyard 1966, pp. 255–256; Kim-Renaud 1997b, p. 176; Cho & Whitman 2019, p. 49.

[1] Korean: 방점; pronounced [pa̠ŋ.t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹m]

[FOOTNOTELedyard1966255–256Kim-Renaud1997b176ChoWhitman201949-2] Ledyard 1966, pp. 255–256; Kim-Renaud 1997b, p. 176; Cho & Whitman 2019, p. 49.

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Bangjeom
U+302E 〮 HANGUL SINGLE DOT TONE MARK U+302F 〯 HANGUL DOUBLE DOT TONE MARK