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Korean consonants and vowels

Let's learn about Hangeul.

You can distinguish the Hanguk-eo language from the Hangeul alphabet.

Hanguk-eo is the Korean language and Hangeul is the alphabet to write Hanguk-eo.

There are 19 consonants in modern Hangeul.

There are 21 vowels in modern Hangeul.

[KEY WORDS]

consonants

ㄱ(기역), ㄴ(니은), ㄷ(디귿), ㄹ(리을), ㅁ(미음), ㅂ(비읍), ㅅ(시옷), ㅇ(이응), ㅈ(지읒), ㅊ(치읓), ㅋ(키읔), ㅌ(티읕), ㅍ(피읖), ㅎ(히읗), ㄲ(쌍기역), ㄸ(쌍디귿), ㅃ(쌍비읍), ㅆ(쌍시옷), ㅉ(쌍지읒)

vowels

ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅗ, ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅠ, ㅡ, ㅣ, ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅢ

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The Korean Alphabet: An Introduction to Hangeul

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