Alphabet(알파벳)

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Even if you do know the Korean alphabet it's just for the people that don't know it

Alphabet
Hangul – 한글
Consonants – 자음
Order: ㄱ, (ㄲ), ㄴ, ㄷ, (ㄸ), ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, (ㅃ), ㅅ, (ㅆ), ㅇ, ㅈ, (ㅉ), ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅍ, ㅎ

Sound Order Chart:

Shape

Sound

Similar to

k or g

good


k'

king


kk

sky


n

no


t or d

do


t'

tower


tt or dd

stop


flapped "r" at beginning

"l" at the end of a syllable

run
learn


m

mother


b or p

bad


p'

pool


pp

spy


s

house


ss

size


"empty/no-sound" at beginning, "ng" at the end of a syllable

young


j or ch

jump


ch'

church


jch

pretzel


h

hello

Extra tip to help with double constants its to release a puff of air while saying it

***Notes: The sound letters listed above are approximate correlations.  Just as English has its own specific sounds for its letters, so does Korean.  Pay more attention to the "Similar to" column listed above, these are closer to the actual Korean sound than the independent Romanized letters.

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