ㄱ

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ㄱ
기역
Basic
Type	Consonant
Subtype	Simple
Related	ㄲ, ㅋ, ㄺ, ㄳ
Classification 1	Velar
Classification 2	Stop
Sounds
IPA	/k/
Basic sounds	/k-/, /-ɡ-/, /-k̚/
Capable sounds	ㅋ, ㄲ, ㅇ
받침 Sound Change?	Yes
Romanization
Revised	g, k
McCune-Reischauer	g, k
Yale	k
SKATS	L
DPRK	k
Kontsevich	К-, -г-, -к / K, -g-, -k
Sign Language
Hangeul
Learn hangeul	Step 2
ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ Archaic and obsolete letters

Basic

Beginners should start in the learning Hangeul section →

ㄱ (기역) is a side view of the back of the tongue raised toward the velum (soft palate).

The description of this character originally found in the 훈민정음 (the first text explaining 한글) was 其役 [기역].

Pronunciation

Start

Sounds when found at the beginning of a word

Basic	Examples
ㄱ Pronounced by a boy. ㄱ Pronounced by a girl.	가 거 고 구 그 기 개 게

Middle

Sounds when found at the middle of a word

Basic	Examples
ㄱ Pronounced by a boy. ㄱ Pronounced by a girl.	니가

End

Sounds when found at the end of a word

Basic	Examples
ㄱ Pronounced by a boy. ㄱ Pronounced by a girl.	각

Sound Changes

Pattern	Examples
ㄱ + ㅇ → ㄱ	한국어  [한구거]
ㄺ + ㅇ → ㄹ + ㄱ / Otherwise ㄺ → ㄱ	읽다  [익다] 읽은 책  [일근 책]
ㄳ + ㅇ → ㄱ + ㅅ / Otherwise ㄳ → ㄱ	넋  [넉] 넋이 나가다  [넉시 나가다]
ㄱ + ㄴ → ㅇ + ㄴ	국내  [궁내]
ㄱ + ㅁ → ㅇ + ㅁ	국민  [궁민]
ㄱ + ㄹ → ㅇ + ㄴ	독립  [동닙]
ㄱ + ㅎ → ㅋ	국화  [구콰]
ㅎ + ㄱ → ㅋ
ㄱ + ㄱ → ㄱ + ㄲ	국가  [국까]
ㄷ + ㄱ → ㄷ + ㄲ	받기  [받끼]
ㅌ + ㄱ → ㅌ + ㄲ
ㅂ + ㄱ → ㅂ + ㄲ
ㅍ + ㄱ → ㅍ + ㄲ	덮개  [덥깨]
ㅅ + ㄱ → ㅅ + ㄲ
ㅈ + ㄱ → ㅈ + ㄲ
ㅊ + ㄱ → ㅊ + ㄲ	꽃가루  [꼳까루]

See Also

• ㄱ on Wiktionary