Hangul

Name	Hangul	Pronunciation at the...
		Start of a word	Start of a syllable	End of a word
기역 (giyok)	ㄱ	k (kite)	g (ghost)	k (walk)
쌍기역 (ssang giyok)	ㄲ	g (gone)	<- same	<- same
니은 (nieun)	ㄴ	n (now)	<- same	<- same
디귿 (digeut)	ㄷ	t (talk)	d (mind)	t (hot)
쌍디귿 (ssang digeut)	ㄸ	d (dog)	<- same	<- same
리을 (rieul)	ㄹ	r (run)	<- same	l (real)
미음 (mieum)	ㅁ	m (mop)	<- same	m (hum)
비읍 (bieup)	ㅂ	p (pool)	b (bay)	p (lap)
쌍비읍 (ssang bieup)	ㅃ	b (bird)	<- same	<- same
시옷 (siot)	ㅅ	s (show)	<- same	t (hot)
쌍시옷 (ssang siot)	ㅆ	s (sun)	<- same	t (hot)
이응 (ieung)	ㅇ	silent	<- same	ng (ring)
지읒 (jieut)	ㅈ	ch (chop)	j (jar)	t (hot)
쌍지읒 (ssang jieut)	ㅉ	j (jim)	<- same	t (hot)
치읓 (chieut)	ㅊ	ch (itch)	<- same	t (hot)
키읔 (kieuk)	ㅋ	kh (khaki)	<- same	<- same
티읕 (tieut)	ㅌ	t (tip)	<- same	t (hot)
피읖 (pieup)	ㅍ	p (pit)	<- same	p (lap)
히읕 (hieut)	ㅎ	h (hot)	<- same	silent

The Vowels

Due to the subjective nature of language, pronunciations will vary from region to region as well as person to person.
To hear a sample of the pronunciation of each letter, click the icon to the left of the Korean character. You can then hear its name and pronunciation.

Hangul	Pronunciation
ㅏ	ah (Rah)
ㅓ	uh (run)
ㅗ	oh (dough)
ㅜ	oo (moon)
ㅡ	uh (brook)
ㅣ	ee (meek)
ㅐ	ae (at)
ㅔ	eh (met)
ㅑ	yah (yawn)
ㅕ	yuh (yum)
ㅛ	yoh (yodel)
ㅠ	yoo (view)
ㅒ	yae (yak)
ㅖ	yeh (yes)
ㅘ	wah (wand)
ㅙ	wae (wax)
ㅝ	wuh (wonder)
ㅞ	weh (web)
ㅚ	weh (wait)
ㅟ	wee (week)
ㅢ	uey (muey)