ㅈ - Dictionary 
 Stroke order for ㅈ ( jieut ) 
 The traditional account * states that ㅈ j is derived from ㅅ s by the addition of a stroke ( ㅅ 而 ㅈ [ … ] 其 因 聲 加 畫 — in the 15 th century , ㅈ represented the affricate IPA : [ ts ] ) . However , Gari Ledyard proposes that ㅈ ts was instead borrowed from Phagspa s , ultimately from Tibetan ས s , and that it was ㅅ s which was derived by removing a stroke from ㅈ ts . Perhaps Phagspa s was used for this ts value , rather than for Korean s , by analogy with the other borrowed letters ㄱ , ㄷ , and ㅂ , from which other hangul letters were derived by removing strokes . 
 * Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye " Explanations and Examples of the Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People " ( 1446 ) , defining and explaining the script now known as 한글 ( Hangeul ) , “‘ Great script , Korean script ’”) in South Korea and 조선 글 ( Chosŏn ' gŭl ) , “‘ Korean script ’”) in North Korea . 
 ㅈ ( j , McCune - Reischauer ch ) 
 지읒 ( jieut ) , a jamo ( letter ) of the alphabet of the Korean writing system , hangeul . 
 In the North Korean order , it is the ninth jamo . In the South Korean order , it is the thirteenth . 
 ㅈ ( jieut ) is pronounced as an unaspirated alveolo - palatal affricate ( IPA : [ ʨ ] ) , i . e . similar to the English j or ch . 
 ㅅ ( in Ledyard account ) 
 ス ( katakana su ) 
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 This article uses material from the English Wiktionary entry " ㅈ ".