Korean alphabet reference – hangul (한글)
The Korean alphabet is called hangul – 한글 – and is provided below for reference (South Korean version). It is grouped by consonants (regular and doubles), and then vowel.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| ㄱ | giyeok (기역) |
| ㄴ | nieun/niŭn (니은) |
| ㄷ | digeut (디귿) |
| ㄹ | rieul/riŭl (리을) |
| ㅁ | mieum/miŭm (미음) |
| ㅂ | bieup/piŭp (비읍) |
| ㅅ | siot (시옷) |
| ㅇ | ieung/iŭng (이응) |
| ㅈ | jieut/chiŭt (지읒) |
| ㅊ | chieut/ch’iŭt (치읓) |
| ㅋ | kieuk/k’iŭk (키읔) |
| ㅌ | tieut/t’iŭt (티읕) |
| ㅍ | pieup/p’iŭp (피읖) |
| ㅎ | hieut/hiŭt (히읗) |
| Letter | South Korean Name | North Korean name |
|---|---|---|
| ㄲ | ssanggiyeok (쌍기역) | toen’giŭk (된기윽) |
| ㄸ | ssangdigeut (쌍디귿) | toendiŭt (된디읃) |
| ㅃ | ssangbieup (쌍비읍) | toenbiŭp (된비읍) |
| ㅆ | ssangsiot (쌍시옷) | toensiŭt (된시읏) |
| ㅉ | ssangjieut (쌍지읒) | toenjiŭt (된지읒) |
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Doubles (sang/쌍) - these are pronounced with more emphasis than there non-doubled versions:
| Hangul | Korean Name | |
|---|---|---|
| ㄲ | ssanggiyeok (쌍기역) | |
| ㄸ | ssangdigeut (쌍디귿) | |
| ㅃ | ssangbieup (쌍비읍) | |
| ㅆ | ssangsiot (쌍시옷) | |
| ㅉ | ssangjieut (쌍지읒) |
Vowels:
| Hangul | Name | Hangul | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| ㅏ | a (아) | ㅐ | ae (애) |
| ㅑ | ya (야) | ㅒ | yae (얘) |
| ㅓ | eo (어) | ㅔ | e (에) |
| ㅕ | yeo (여) | ㅖ | ye (예) |
| ㅗ | o (오) | ㅚ | oe (외) |
| ㅛ | yo (요) | ㅙ | wae (왜) |
| ㅜ | u (우) | ㅘ | wa (와) |
| ㅠ | yu (유) | ㅟ | wi (위) |
| ㅡ | eu (으) | ㅝ | wo (워) |
| ㅣ | i (이) | ㅢ | ui (의) |
| ㅞ | we (웨) |
Another way to show the list is to include the doubles near their base consonant form:
Table-view
| ㄱ | ㄴ | ㄷ | ㄹ | ㅁ | ㅂ | ㅅ | ㅇ | ㅈ | ㅊ | ㅋ | ㅌ | ㅍ | ㅎ |
| g | n | d | r | m | b | s | - | j | ch | k | t | p | h |
| ㄲ | ㄸ | ㅃ | ㅆ | ㅉ | |||||||||
| kk | tt | pp | ss | jj |
The tables above were adapted from the Wikipedia versions. There also is a table-view of the vowels combined with every consonant. This allows practicing of reading, writing, and pronouncing the basic blocks of the language. We have this in hand-written form and will post it online shortly (typed).
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