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Hangul Learning

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Friday, 5th November 2021

Consonants

There are 14 basic consonants in Korean and five double consonants formed from the basic consonants ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, and ㅈ respectively.

Basic Consonants ::

ㄱ :: 기역 - giyeok (g/k)

Eg :: kettle, again

The mid word is often close to the g sound while closer to k sound at the beginning of the word.

Easy way to remember :: This consonant looks like gun and the consonant is g.

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ㄴ :: 니은 - nieun (n)

Eg :: nice, no

Easy way to remember :: This consonant looks like nose.

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ㄷ :: 디귿 - digeud (d/t)

Eg: to, steady, hat

Midword it is often closer to 'd' sound, while closer to 't' sound at the beginning and end of the word.

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ㄹ :: 리을 - rieul (r/l)

Eg: rent, orator, stale

Often sounds more like an 'r' or combination of 'r/l' sound at the beginning of the word.

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ㅁ :: 미음 - mieum (m)

Eg: mom, mouth, amount, harm

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ㅂ :: 비읍 - bieup (b/p)

Eg: pick, about, top

Midword it is often close to a 'b' sound, while closer to 'p' sound at the beginning of a word.

Easy way to remember :: This consonant looks like a bucket with water and it is spelled like b in bucket.

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ㅅ :: 시읏 - siot (s)

Eg: sail, respond, standing, hat

Makes an 's' sound in most cases, but changes to 'sh' when combines with the letter 'ㅣ' or an iotized vowel (vowels with the 'y' sound at the beginning)

Easy to remember :: This consonant looks like a person standing and it is spelled like s in standing.

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ㅇ :: 이응 - ieung (ng)

Eg: hanger, song

Silent when it is the first character in a syllable otherwise, it makes the 'ng' sound.

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ㅈ :: 지읒 - jieut (j/ch)

Eg: chain, injury, hat

Midword it is often closer to a 'j' sound, while closer to 'ch' sound at the beginning of a word. When written stroke 1 and 2 are often combined into one stroke.

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ㅊ :: 치읓 - chieut (ch)

Aspirated version of ㅈ - has a hard 'ch' sound.

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ㅋ :: 키읔 - kieuk (k)

Aspirated version of ㄱ - has a hard 'k' sound.

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ㅌ :: 티읕 - tieut (t)

Aspirated version of ㄷ - has a hard 't' sound.

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ㅍ :: 피읖 - pieup (p)

Aspirated version of ㅂ - has a hard 'p' sound.

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ㅎ :: 히읗 - hieuh (h)

Eg: hat, ahead, heh

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Double Consonants ::

ㄲ :: ssang giyok (gg)

Eg: gone

Double Consonant version of ㄱ - sounded with more emphasis than the single version.

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ㄸ :: ssang digeut (dd)

Double Consonant version of ㄷ - sounded with more emphasis than the single version.

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ㅃ :: ssang bieup (bb)

Double Consonant version of ㅂ - sounded with more emphasis than the single version.

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ㅆ :: ssang siot (ss)

Double Consonant version of ㅅ - sounded with more emphasis than the single version.

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ㅉ :: ssang jieut (jj)

Double Consonant version of ㅈ - sounded with more emphasis than the single version.

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