CONSONANTS
= HANGUL
ec a
r/l
PLAIN
g/k n/n d/t
m/m_ b/p
a A °o x
s/t -/ng j/t
1
kk/k — tt/—
pp/-
aA
ss/t
IK
i
Some consonants sound
differently at the begin-
ning and end of syllables.
ASPIRATED
k/k
tt p/p
x
ch/t
For example, * sounds
like ch when it’s the first
letter in a syllable, and
like t when it’s the last.
VOWELS
k
a
1
eo
{
yeo
F
ya
father yard
o
dog young home
kL
yo
yo
T
u
moon
ae yae e oe wi
ye
HoH Ww a ab om 4 at
ul
face yay face yay wet weed gooey water wonder wet
ac
wo
all
wa wae
These charts use Revised Romanization. The examples under each romanized vowel
are based on American-English pronunciation; they are not exact equivalents.