korean alphabet (vowels and consonants)

Posted on May 19, 2011

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Korean Consonants and Vowels

There are 14 consonants and 10 vowels and there are further 5 double consonants and 11 double vowels. In addition, there are 11 final double consonants in Korean. In this lesson, I am going to teach you how to pronounce each Korean alphabets so please become familiar with these beautiful geometric shapes.

Consonants (자음)

ㄱ = g
ㄴ = n
ㄷ = d
ㄹ = l, r (ㄹ is a sound somewhere between l and r)
ㅁ = m
ㅂ = b

ㅅ = s
ㅇ = “no sound” when used as a first consonant, “ng” when used as a final consonant.
ㅈ = j
ㅊ = ch
ㅋ = k
ㅌ = t

ㅍ = p
ㅎ = h

Vowels (모음)

ㅏ = a
ㅑ = ya
ㅓ = eo
ㅕ = yeo
ㅗ = o
ㅛ = yo

ㅜ = u
ㅠ = yu
ㅡ = eu
ㅣ = i

Double Consonants (쌍자음)

ㄲ = gg Click on the link to hear the difference between the sounds of ㄱ, ㄲ and ㅋ.
ㄸ = dd Note the difference in sounds; ㄷ, ㄸ and ㅌ.
ㅃ = bb Note the difference in sounds;ㅂ, ㅃ and ㅍ.
ㅆ = ss Note the difference in sounds; ㅅ and ㅆ

ㅉ = jj Note the difference in sounds; ㅈ, ㅉ and ㅊ

Double Vowels (쌍모음)

ㅐ = ae
ㅒ = yae (rarely used)
ㅔ = e
ㅖ = ye
ㅘ = wa
ㅙ = wae
ㅚ = oe

ㅝ = wo
ㅞ = we (rarely used)
ㅟ = wi
ㅢ = ui

taken from : http://letslearnkorean.com/2010/korean-consonants-and-vowels/

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  1. Ester Yuliyanti

    May 20, 2011

    Dulu pernah apal…
    tapi karena udah lama ga dipake jadi pada rontok semua apalannya :p

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  2. IN english ‘my name is krizzia’ how about in korean what is my name?

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  3. pls send me in my email your response

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