Hangul Alphabet Basics

Vocabulary practice for Korean Hangul consonants, double consonants, vowels, and compound vowels with phonetic guides.

ㄱ

"g/k" — like g in go

ㄴ

"n" — like n in no

ㄷ

"d/t" — like d in dog

ㄹ

"r/l" — mix of r and l

ㅁ

"m" — like m in mom

ㅂ

"b/p" — like b in boy

ㅅ

"s" — like s in sun

ㅇ

silent at start / "ng" at end — like ng in sing

ㅈ

"j" — like j in jam

ㅊ

"ch" — like ch in chip

ㅋ

"k" — strong k

ㅌ

"t" — strong t

ㅍ

"p" — strong p

ㅎ

"h" — like h in hat

ㄲ (된소리)

"kk" — tense k

ㄸ (된소리)

"tt" — tense t

ㅃ (된소리)

"pp" — tense p

ㅆ (된소리)

"ss" — tense s

ㅉ (된소리)

"jj" — tense j

ㅏ

"a" — like ah

ㅑ

"ya" — like yah

ㅓ

"eo" — like uh

ㅕ

"yeo" — like yuh

ㅗ

"o" — like oh

ㅛ

"yo" — like yo

ㅜ

"u" — like oo

ㅠ

"yu" — like you

ㅡ

"eu" — like uh (deep throat sound)

ㅣ

"i" — like ee

ㅐ

"ae" — like eh

ㅒ

"yae" — like yeh

ㅔ

"e" — like eh

ㅖ

"ye" — like yeh

ㅘ

"wa" — like wah

ㅙ

"wae" — like weh

ㅚ

"oe" — like weh

ㅝ

"wo" — like wuh

ㅞ

"we" — like weh

ㅟ

"wi" — like wee

ㅢ

"ui" — like oo-ee blended