Saturday, May 5, 2012

[Korean Lesson] Korean Alphabet


The Consonants

Due to the subjective nature of language, pronunciations will vary from region to region as well as person to person.
To hear a sample of the pronunciation of each letter, click the icon to the left of the Korean character. You can then hear its name and pronunciation.

NameHangulPronunciation at the...
Start of a wordStart of a syllableEnd of a word
기역 (giyok)Play audio  ㄱk (kite)g (ghost)k (walk)
쌍기역 (ssang giyok)Play audio  ㄲg (gone)<- same<- same
니은 (nieun)Play audio  ㄴn (now)<- same<- same
디귿 (digeut)Play audio  ㄷt (talk)d (mind)t (hot)
쌍디귿 (ssang digeut)Play audio  ㄸd (dog)<- same<- same
리을 (rieul)Play audio ㄹr (run)<- samel (real)
미음 (mieum)Play audio  ㅁm (mop)<- samem (hum)
비읍 (bieup)Play audio  ㅂp (pool)b (bay)p (lap)
쌍비읍 (ssang bieup)Play audio  ㅃb (bird)<- same<- same
시옷 (siot)Play audio  ㅅs (show)<- samet (hot)
쌍시옷 (ssang siot)Play audio  ㅆs (sun)<- samet (hot)
이응 (ieung)Play audio  ㅇsilent<- sameng (ring)
지읒 (jieut)Play audio  ㅈch (chop)j (jar)t (hot)
쌍지읒 (ssang jieut)Play audio  ㅉj (jim)<- samet (hot)
치읓 (chieut)Play audio  ㅊch (itch)<- samet (hot)
키읔 (kieuk)Play audio  ㅋkh (khaki)<- same<- same
티읕 (tieut)Play audio  ㅌt (tip)<- samet (hot)
피읖 (pieup)Play audio  ㅍp (pit)<- samep (lap)
히읕 (hieut)Play audio  ㅎh (hot)<- samesilent



The Vowels

Due to the subjective nature of language, pronunciations will vary from region to region as well as person to person.
To hear a sample of the pronunciation of each letter, click the icon to the left of the Korean character. You can then hear its name and pronunciation.

HangulPronunciation
Play audio  ㅏah (Rah)
Play audio  ㅓuh (run)
Play audio  ㅗoh (dough)
Play audio  ㅜoo (moon)
Play audio  ㅡuh (brook)
Play audio  ㅣee (meek)
Play audio  ㅐae (at)
Play audio  ㅔeh (met)
Play audio  ㅑyah (yawn)
Play audio  ㅕyuh (yum)
Play audio  ㅛyoh (yodel)
Play audio  ㅠyoo (view)
Play audio  ㅒyae (yak)
Play audio  ㅖyeh (yes)
Play audio  ㅘwah (wand)
Play audio  ㅙwae (wax)
Play audio  ㅝwuh (wonder)
Play audio  ㅞweh (web)
Play audio  ㅚweh (wait)
Play audio  ㅟwee (week)
Play audio  ㅢuey (muey)

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