Basic Hangul / Letters w pronunciation and letter names

Question 1

ㄱ(기역)

Answer 1

k / g (g, like in “goat,” but with less force. Sometimes this sounds like a k.)

Question 2

ㄴ(니은)

Answer 2

n

Question 3

ㄷ(디귿)

Answer 3

d / t

Question 4

ㄹ(리을)

Answer 4

r / l

Question 5

ㅁ(미음)

Answer 5

m (sound like m in the word “mood”)

Question 6

ㅂ(비읍)

Answer 6

b

Question 7

ㅅ(시옷)

Answer 7

s

Question 8

ㅇ(이응)

Answer 8

ng / nothing

Question 9

ㅈ(지읒)

Answer 9

j

Question 10

ㅊ(치읓)

Answer 10

ch

Question 11

ㅋ(키읔)

Answer 11

k

Question 12

ㅌ(티읕)

Answer 12

t

Question 13

ㅍ(피읖)

Answer 13

p

Question 14

ㅎ(히읗)

Answer 14

h

Question 15

ㄲ(쌍기역)

Answer 15

kk

Question 16

ㄸ(쌍디귿)

Answer 16

tt

Question 17

ㅃ(쌍비읍)

Answer 17

pp

Question 18

ㅆ(쌍시옷)

Answer 18

ss

Question 19

ㅉ(쌍지읒)

Answer 19

jj

Question 20

ㅏ(아)

Answer 20

a (a, like in “father”)

Question 21

ㅐ(애)

Answer 21

ae (sounds similar in “eigh” in “weight” or a combination of ㅏand ㅣ)

Question 22

ㅑ(야)

Answer 22

ya

Question 23

ㅒ(얘)

Answer 23

yae

Question 24

ㅓ(어)

Answer 24

eo (Romanized as “eo” but it sounds closer to “uh” in English, like in the word cup)

Question 25

ㅔ(에)

Answer 25

e (Similar to ㅓ and ㅣ combined )

Question 26

ㅕ(여)

Answer 26

yeo

Question 27

ㅖ(예)

Answer 27

ye

Question 28

ㅗ (오)

Answer 28

o

Question 29

ㅘ(와)

Answer 29

wa

Question 30

ㅙ(왜)

Answer 30

wae

Question 31

ㅚ(외)

Answer 31

oe (sounds like “way”)

Question 32

ㅛ(요)

Answer 32

yo

Question 33

ㅜ(우)

Answer 33

u

Question 34

ㅝ(워)

Answer 34

wo

Question 35

ㅞ(웨)

Answer 35

we

Question 36

ㅟ(위)

Answer 36

wi

Question 37

ㅠ(유)

Answer 37

yu

Question 38

ㅡ(으)

Answer 38

eu

Question 39

ㅢ(의)

Answer 39

ui

Question 40

ㅣ(이)

Answer 40

i