Korean Alphabet
Saturday, January 6th, 2018 at
11:27 pm
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 |
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