Today I will teach you the Korean alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Korean letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Korean contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
The first part is about the Korean consonants. Some letters have different pronunciation based on whether they are at the beginning of word (initial) or at the end of the word (final).
| ㄱ | [g] intial as in gold [k] final as in ink |
ㄴ | [n] as in nice |
ㄷ | [d] intial as in day [t] final as in hit |
ㄹ | [r] intial as in ring [l] final as in tall |
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| ㅁ | [m] as in me |
ㅂ | [b] intial as in bat [p] tap as in top |
ㅅ | [s] intial as in sea [t] final as in hat |
ㅇ | [silent] intial as in gold [ng] final as in ring |
| ㅈ | [j] intial as in jam [t] final as in pit |
ㅊ | [ch] intial as in chat [t] final as in sit |
ㅋ | [k] as in king |
ㅌ | [t] as in time |
| ㅍ | [p] as in play |
ㅎ | [h] intial as in hi [t] final as in wit |
ㄲ | [gg] intial as in gas [k] final as in pick |
ㄸ | [dd] intial as in dream [t] final as in sit |
| ㅃ | [dd] intial as in desk [pp] final as in tip |
ㅆ | [ss] intial as in smart [t] final as in sit |
ㅉ | [jj] intial as in jam [t] final as in hat |
These are the Korean vowels, and how they're pronounced.
| ㅏ | [a] like ask |
| ㅐ | [ae] like day |
| ㅑ | [ya] like yard |
| ㅒ | [yae] like yes |
| ㅓ | [eo] like neon |
| ㅔ | [e] like pet |
| ㅕ | [yeo] like young |
| ㅖ | [ye] like yes |
| ㅗ | [o] like old |
| ㅘ | [wa] like wax |
| ㅙ | [wae] like wait |
| ㅚ | [oi] like toy |
| ㅛ | [yo] like yolk |
| ㅜ | [u] like tool |
| ㅝ | [weo] like won |
| ㅞ | [we] like well |
| ㅟ | [ui] like oui |
| ㅠ | [yu] like you |
| ㅡ | [u] like put |
| ㅢ | [ui] like wit |
| ㅣ | [i] like ink |
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