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How to Pronounce Korean Letters
A complete Hangul pronunciation chart — all 40 Korean letters with their names, romanization, sounds and example words. Tap 🔊 to listen.
Korean consonants (자음)
| Letter | Name | Sound | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ㄱ | 기역 giyeok | g / k | 가방 gabang — bag | |
| ㄴ | 니은 nieun | n | 나무 namu — tree | |
| ㄷ | 디귿 digeut | d / t | 다리 dari — leg, bridge | |
| ㄹ | 리을 rieul | r / l | 라면 ramyeon — ramen | |
| ㅁ | 미음 mieum | m | 마음 maeum — heart, mind | |
| ㅂ | 비읍 bieup | b / p | 바다 bada — sea | |
| ㅅ | 시옷 siot | s | 사랑 sarang — love | |
| ㅇ | 이응 ieung | silent / ng | 아이 ai — child | |
| ㅈ | 지읒 jieut | j | 자두 jadu — plum | |
| ㅊ | 치읓 chieut | ch | 차 cha — tea, car | |
| ㅋ | 키읔 kieuk | k (aspirated) | 커피 keopi — coffee | |
| ㅌ | 티읕 tieut | t (aspirated) | 토끼 tokki — rabbit | |
| ㅍ | 피읖 pieup | p (aspirated) | 포도 podo — grape | |
| ㅎ | 히읗 hieut | h | 하늘 haneul — sky | |
| ㄲ | 쌍기역 ssanggiyeok | kk (tense) | 꽃 kkot — flower | |
| ㄸ | 쌍디귿 ssangdigeut | tt (tense) | 딸기 ttalgi — strawberry | |
| ㅃ | 쌍비읍 ssangbieup | pp (tense) | 빵 ppang — bread | |
| ㅆ | 쌍시옷 ssangsiot | ss (tense) | 쌀 ssal — rice | |
| ㅉ | 쌍지읒 ssangjieut | jj (tense) | 짜다 jjada — salty |
Korean vowels (모음)
| Letter | Romanization | Sounds like | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ㅏ | a | a in “father” | 아빠 appa | |
| ㅑ | ya | ya in “yacht” | 야구 yagu | |
| ㅓ | eo | u in “up” | 어머니 eomeoni | |
| ㅕ | yeo | yu in “young” | 여름 yeoreum | |
| ㅗ | o | o in “go” (short) | 오이 oi | |
| ㅛ | yo | yo in “yoga” | 요리 yori | |
| ㅜ | u | oo in “moon” | 우유 uyu | |
| ㅠ | yu | you | 유리 yuri | |
| ㅡ | eu | like “oo” with flat lips | 으뜸 eutteum | |
| ㅣ | i | ee in “see” | 이 i | |
| ㅐ | ae | a in “cat” | 개 gae | |
| ㅔ | e | e in “bed” | 게 ge | |
| ㅒ | yae | ya in “yak” | 얘기 yaegi | |
| ㅖ | ye | ye in “yes” | 예 ye | |
| ㅘ | wa | wa in “wand” | 과자 gwaja | |
| ㅙ | wae | wa in “wax” | 왜 wae | |
| ㅚ | oe | we in “wet” | 외국 oeguk | |
| ㅝ | wo | wo in “won” | 원 won | |
| ㅞ | we | we in “wedding” | 웨딩 weding | |
| ㅟ | wi | wee | 귀 gwi | |
| ㅢ | ui | eu + ee | 의사 uisa |
How Korean syllable blocks work
Hangul letters are grouped into square syllable blocks. Each block has an initial consonant, a vowel, and optionally a final consonant called batchim (받침). For example 한 = ㅎ (h) + ㅏ (a) + ㄴ (n), and 글 = ㄱ (g) + ㅡ (eu) + ㄹ (l) — together 한글, Hangeul. When a syllable starts with a vowel sound, the silent ㅇ fills the consonant spot: 아 = “a”.
Now try writing your name with the English to Korean name generator, or see these letters in different Korean fonts.
Frequently asked questions
How many letters are in the Korean alphabet?
Modern Hangul has 24 basic letters — 14 consonants and 10 vowels — plus 5 double consonants and 11 compound vowels, for 40 letters in total.
How long does it take to learn to read Korean?
Most people can learn to read Hangul in a few hours to a few days. It was designed in 1443 by King Sejong to be easy to learn.
Why does ㄱ sound like both g and k?
Korean doesn’t distinguish g and k the way English does. ㄱ sounds closer to g between vowels and closer to k at the start or end of a word.