If you came all the way here – it means you are just starting your journey into learning korean language. Welcome!
You have made a good choice, the very first step of learning korean should be to learn a Hangul – korean writing system (korean characters).
Basic vowels and consonants
Basic set of vowels and consonants contains 10 vowels and 14 consonants.
List of 10 basic Hangul vowels:
| Vowels | |
|---|---|
| Character | Romanization |
| ㅏ | a |
| ㅑ | ya |
| ㅓ | eo |
| ㅕ | yeo |
| ㅗ | o |
| ㅛ | yo |
| ㅜ | u |
| ㅠ | yu |
| ㅡ | eu |
| ㅣ | i |
List of 14 basic Hangul consonants:
| Consonants | |
|---|---|
| Character | Romanization |
| ㄱ | g |
| ㅋ | k |
| ㄴ | n |
| ㄷ | d |
| ㅌ | t |
| ㄹ | r/l |
| ㅁ | m |
| ㅂ | b |
| ㅍ | p |
| ㅅ | s |
| ㅈ | j |
| ㅎ | h |
| ㅊ | ch |
| ㅇ | ng |
Advanced vowels and consonants
After basic set of Hangul characters there goes “advanced” ones, which are:
5 double (iotized) vowels, 5 double consonants, 6 vowels with a “w” and 11 consonant clusters.
| Double consonants | |
|---|---|
| Character | Romanization |
| ㄲ | kk |
| ㄸ | tt |
| ㅃ | pp |
| ㅆ | ss |
| ㅉ | jj |
| Double (iotized) vowels | |
|---|---|
| Character | Romanization |
| ㅐ | ae |
| ㅒ | yae |
| ㅔ | e |
| ㅖ | ye |
| ㅢ | ui |
| Vowels with a “w” | |
|---|---|
| Character | Romanization |
| ㅘ | wa |
| ㅙ | wae |
| ㅚ | oe |
| ㅝ | wo |
| ㅞ | we |
| ㅟ | wi |
| Consonant clusters | |
|---|---|
| Character | Romanization |
| ㄳ | gs |
| ㄵ | nj |
| ㄶ | nh |
| ㄺ | lg |
| ㄻ | lm |
| ㄼ | lb |
| ㄽ | ls |
| ㄾ | lt |
| ㄿ | lp |
| ㅀ | lh |
| ㅄ | bs |