5.2. Syllable Boundaries

The rules for canonical syllables do not supply a complete specification of how to divide up an arbitrary sequence of jamos (including non-canonical sequences) into syllable blocks. This is addressed by the following additional rules:

In any sequence of conjoining jamos, a syllable break occurs between the following pairs of characters:

  1. Any conjoining jamo and any non-jamo (X) LX, VX, TX, XL, XV, XT
  2. A Jungseong (vowel) and a Choseong (leading) VL
  3. A Jongseong (trailing) and Jungseong (vowel) TV
  4. A Jongseong (trailing) and Choseong (leading) TL