Korean consonants
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| IPA
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Hangul
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RR trans.
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English equivalent
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Notes
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| b |
ㅂ |
b |
ball |
between voiced sounds
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| bʱ |
ㅍ |
p |
abhor |
between voiced sounds
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| ɕ |
ㅅ |
s |
she |
before [i] or [j]
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| ɕ͈ |
ㅆ |
ss |
— |
before [i] or [j]
tense [ɕ]
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| d |
ㄷ |
d |
doll |
between voiced sounds
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| dʱ |
ㅌ |
t |
oldhouse |
between voiced sounds
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| dʑ |
ㅈ |
j |
gee |
between voiced sounds
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| dʑʱ |
ㅊ |
ch |
hedgehog |
between voiced sounds
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| ɡ |
ㄱ |
g |
gall |
between voiced sounds
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| gʱ |
ㅋ |
k |
doghouse |
between voiced sounds
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| h |
ㅎ |
h |
hall |
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| ɦ |
ㅎ |
h |
ahead |
between voiced sounds
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| j |
ㅖ, ㅒ, ㅑ,
ㅛ, ㅠ, ㅕ |
y |
y’all |
Spelled by doubling the dot on the vowel.
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| k |
ㄱ, ㅋ |
g, k |
— |
ㅋ is [k] at the end of a syllable.
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| k͈ |
ㄲ |
kk |
skin |
tense [k]
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| kʰ |
ㅋ, ㅎㄱ |
k |
call |
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| l |
ㄹ, ㄴ |
l |
call |
ㄹ is [l] at the end of a syllable.
ㄹㄴ and ㄴㄹ may be [ll] or [lː]. Across word boundaries though, ㄴ-ㄹ is [nn] or [nː].
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| m |
ㅁ, ㅂ |
m |
mall |
ㅂ is [m] before [n] or [m].
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| n |
ㄴ, ㄹ,
ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ |
n |
not |
ㄹ may be [n] at the start of a word.
ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ are [n] before [n] or [m].
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| ŋ |
ㅇ, ㄱ |
ng |
king |
ㅇ is only [ŋ] at the end of a syllable.
ㄱ is [ŋ] before [n], [m] or [ɾ]
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| p |
ㅂ, ㅍ |
b, p |
— |
ㅍ is [p] at the end of a syllable.
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| p͈ |
ㅃ |
pp |
span |
tense [p]
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| pʰ |
ㅍ, ㅎㅂ |
p |
pall |
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| ɾ |
ㄹ |
r |
— |
A flap, like Scots r or American ladder, between vowels
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| s |
ㅅ |
s |
— |
[s] with almost no sibilance
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| s͈ |
ㅆ |
ss |
Saul |
tense [s]
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| t |
ㄷ
ㄷ, ㅌ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅎ |
d
t |
— |
All are [t] and RR t at the end of a syllable. The only things to end in ㅎ are the name of the ㅎ jamo, which is called "히읗," and certain verb stems like 좋 from 좋다. Only relevant when teaching grammar or linguistics.
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| t͈ |
ㄸ |
tt |
stall |
tense [t]
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| tʰ |
ㅌ, ㅎㄷ |
t |
tall |
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| tɕ |
ㅈ |
j |
each |
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| tɕ͈ |
ㅉ |
jj |
— |
tense [tɕ]
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| tɕʰ |
ㅊ, ㅎㅈ |
ch |
chin |
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| w |
ㅜ, ㅗ |
w |
wall |
spelled ㅜ before [ʌ], [e], [i];
ㅗ before [ɛ], [e],* [a]
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*ㅚ is pronounced [we] by most, but as the rounded ö vowel [ø] by some older speakers.
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Korean vowels
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| IPA
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Hangul
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RR trans.
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Notes
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| a |
ㅏ |
a |
spa
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| aː
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| e |
ㅔ |
e |
Similar to the beginning of the diphthong in main
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| eː
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| ɛ |
ㅐ |
ae |
met; similar to e for young speakers.
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| ɛː
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| i |
ㅣ |
i |
mean
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| iː
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| o |
ㅗ |
o |
Spanish o or French eau
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| oː
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| u |
ㅜ |
u |
moon
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| uː
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| ʌ, ɔ |
ㅓ |
eo |
young (these are pronounced [ɔ], as in north, in Seoul and North Korea)
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| əː, ɔː
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| ɯ, ɨ |
ㅡ |
eu |
Separate sound in Standard Korean; similar to eo for many dialects.
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| ɯː
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Korean diphthongs
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| IPA
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Hangul
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RR trans.
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Notes
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| ɯi |
ㅢ |
ui |
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ø,
we |
ㅚ |
oe |
ㅚ is pronounced [we] by most, but as the rounded ö vowel [ø] by some older speakers.
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