Korean Alphabet
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Korean Alphabet
Korean alphabet (한글/hangul) consists of 19 consonants and 21 vowels. Hangul letters are grouped into syllabic blocks.
The following Korean alphabet are written in alphabetical order.
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
Now let’s break them into consonants and vowels.
1. Consonants
No | Consonants | Romanization (Initial) | Romanization (Final) | Name of the Letter |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ㄱ | g | k | 기역 (giyeok) |
2 | ㄲ | kk | k | 쌍기역 (ssanggiyeok) |
3 | ㄴ | n | n | 니은 (nieun) |
4 | ㄷ | d | t | 디귿 (digeut) |
5 | ㄸ | tt | - | 쌍디귿 (ssangdigeut) |
6 | ㄹ | r | l | 리을 (rieul) |
7 | ㅁ | m | m | 미음 (mieum) |
8 | ㅂ | b | p | 비읍 (bieup) |
9 | ㅃ | pp | - | 쌍비읍 (ssangbieup) |
10 | ㅅ | s | t | 시옷 (siot) |
11 | ㅆ | ss | - | 쌍시옷 (ssangsiot) |
12 | ㅇ | - | ng | 이응 (ieung) |
13 | ㅈ | j | t | 지읒 (jieut) |
14 | ㅉ | jj | - | 쌍지읒 (ssangjieut) |
15 | ㅊ | ch | - | 치읓 (chieut) |
16 | ㅋ | k | k | 키읔 (kieuk) |
17 | ㅌ | t | t | 티읕 (tieut) |
18 | ㅍ | p | p | 피읖 (pieup) |
19 | ㅎ | h | h | 히읗 (hieut) |
2. Vowels
No | Vowels | Romanization |
---|---|---|
1 | ㅏ | a |
2 | ㅐ | ae |
3 | ㅑ | ya |
4 | ㅒ | yae |
5 | ㅓ | eo |
6 | ㅔ | e |
7 | ㅕ | yeo |
8 | ㅖ | ye |
9 | ㅗ | o |
10 | ㅘ | wa |
11 | ㅙ | wae |
12 | ㅚ | oe |
13 | ㅛ | yo |
14 | ㅜ | u |
15 | ㅝ | wo |
16 | ㅞ | we |
17 | ㅟ | wi |
18 | ㅠ | yu |
19 | ㅡ | eu |
20 | ㅢ | ui |
21 | ㅣ | i |