Appearance and Sound of Hangul

The Consonants

Due to the subjective nature of language, pronunciations will vary from region to region as well as person to person.

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Hangul	Pronunciation at the...
	Start of a word	Start of a syllable	End of a word
ぁ	k (kite)	c (can)	k (walk)
あ	g (gone)	<- same	<- same
い	n (now)	<- same	<- same
ぇ	t (talk)	d (mind)	t (hot)
え	d (dog)	<- same	<- same
ぉ	r (run)	<- same	l (real)
け	m (mop)	<- same	m (hum)
げ	p (pool)	b (bay)	p (lap)
こ	b (bird)	<- same	<- same
さ	s (show)	<- same	t (hot)
ざ	s (sun)	<- same	t (hot)
し	silent	<- same	ng (ring)
じ	ch (chop)	j (jar)	t (hot)
す	j (jim)	<- same	t (hot)
ず	ch (itch)	<- same	t (hot)
せ	kh (khaki)	<- same	<- same
ぜ	t (tip)	<- same	t (hot)
そ	p (pit)	<- same	p (lap)
ぞ	h (hot)	<- same	silent

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.

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Hangul	Pronunciation
た	ah (Rah)
っ	uh (run)
で	oh (dough)
ぬ	oo (moon)
ぱ	uh (brook)
び	ee (meek)
だ	ae (at)
つ	eh (met)
ち	yah (yawn)
づ	yuh (yum)
に	yoh (yodel)
ば	yoo (view)
ぢ	yae (yak)
て	yeh (yes)
と	wah (wand)
ど	wae (wax)
ね	wuh (wonder)
の	weh (web)
な	weh (wait)
は	wee (week)
ひ	uey (muey)

For a look into how Korean letters are constructed into syllables, click on to the Structure page.

Head to the Pronunciation page to see and hear how these characters are used.