Korean Characters – Hangul
There are 40 characters in Korean language.
1. Vowels (21)
* Single vowels
1) ㅏ ‘a’ as in ‘father’, ‘spa’ (http://youtu.be/2pAc2S96WOU)
2) ㅓ ‘e’ as in ‘permit’ and ‘o’ as in ‘love’ and ‘ou’ as in ‘trouble’ (http://youtu.be/etkodEhGbfA)
3) ㅗ ‘o’ as in ‘ghost’, ‘sofa’. (http://youtu.be/jTGjZDT8Qh4)
4) ㅜ ‘oo’ as in ‘zoo’, ‘too’. You should make your lips as a round shape. (http://youtu.be/81BMb5RAtA8)
5) ㅡ The closest sound of this in English is ‘e’ as in ‘face’, ‘take’. (http://youtu.be/YtJR5i2_iHU)
6) ㅣ’e’ as in ‘me’, ‘see’ (http://youtu.be/9ez8Oc7JD9I)
7-8) ㅔ/ㅐ ‘에’ is similar to ‘e’ as in ‘set, bed’ and ‘애’ is similar to ‘a’ as in ‘dad’, ‘bat’.(http://youtu.be/DODM07Q_rF0)
** double vowels
1)ㅑ ‘ya’ (http://youtu.be/dnGO7xBClvU)
2)ㅕ ‘yeo’ (http://youtu.be/dnGO7xBClvU)
3) ㅛ ‘yo’ (http://youtu.be/qybcmwUqHHE)
4) ㅠ ‘ yu’ (http://youtu.be/BHv9_RrPqDk)
5-6) ㅖ/ㅒ’ye’ (http://youtu.be/tIm73cfs32U)
7) ㅘ ‘wa’ (http://youtu.be/1ejfl1hu0WA)
8) ㅝ’wo’ (http://youtu.be/4i5Gi5bd6a0)
9-10) ㅙ / ㅞ ‘wae’ (http://youtu.be/HAK9hfXj97o)
11) ㅚ’oe’ (http://youtu.be/uA7D1jsRA_E)
12) ㅟ ‘wi’ (http://youtu.be/IOvKrMONVps)
13) ㅢ’eui’ (http://youtu.be/Tb8lVCKlIoA)
2. Consonants (19)
1) ㄴ’n’ (http://youtu.be/XH3E456NUH8)
2) ㅁ’m’ (http://youtu.be/jyVgziOcEDw)
3) ㅇ: no sound
4) r’ or ‘l’ (http://youtu.be/gTUoiUIEOqk)
Flash card for ‘ㄴ’, ‘ㅁ’, ‘ㅇ’, ‘ㄹ’ -> http://quizlet.com/28329340/hangul1single-vowels-flash-cards/
5) ㄱ ‘g’ (http://youtu.be/5IfKF0oFvuQ)
6) ㄷ ‘d’ (http://youtu.be/yh3mUWIMe8U)
7) ㅂ ‘b’ (http://youtu.be/YLr9yQRxlIE)
8) ㅅ’s’ (http://youtu.be/mIeYRm0IssM)
10) ㄲ ‘gg’ (http://youtu.be/9aOX13LNYo8)
11) ㄸ ‘dd’ (http://youtu.be/ED_1E7iYMQk)
12) ㅃ ‘bb’ (http://youtu.be/ZHQDS_1vhfA)
13) ㅆ ‘ss’ (http://youtu.be/ZMdzKvZIt8Q)
14) ㅉ ‘jj’ (http://youtu.be/kCh1SBxFEJ4)
Flash cards for ‘ㄲ’ ‘ㄸ’ ‘ㅃ’ ‘ㅆ’ ‘ㅉ’-> http://quizlet.com/28340474/hangul3-flash-cards/
15) ㅋ ‘k’ (http://youtu.be/ra_YRSP-7Lg)
16) ㅌ ‘t’ (http://youtu.be/1Dz35jvOl2k)
17) ㅍ ‘p’ (http://youtu.be/Q2RcmJH9Npw)
18) ㅊ ‘ch’ (http://youtu.be/5cOqzV53eN4)
Flash cards for ‘ㅋ’ ‘ㅌ’ ‘ㅍ’ ‘ㅊ’ -> http://quizlet.com/28340673/hangul4-flash-cards/
19) ㅎ ‘h’ (http://youtu.be/4s-t1iMGrY0)
Flash cards for ‘ㅎ’ -> http://quizlet.com/28340790/hangul-5-flash-cards/
3. Ending consonants
1) ㄴ ‘n’ (http://youtu.be/sUJSt2T_nvI)
2) ㅁ ‘m’ (http://youtu.be/wiIs2Goxzhk)
3) ㅇ ‘ng’ (http://youtu.be/EzhNxNv7ZSU)
4) ㄹ ‘l’ (http://youtu.be/DRLdV2tFXEg)
5) ㄱ(ㄲ,ㅋ) ‘k’ (http://youtu.be/vY-7taGHqzg) : ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ are the same sound(ㄱ) when they are locate in an ending consonant. e.g) 억 = 엌
6) ㅂ(ㅍ) ‘p’ (http://youtu.be/tTg4qb1bzQg) : ㅂandㅍ are the same sound(ㅂ) when they are locate in an ending consonant. e.g) 입 = 잎
7) ㄷ(ㅌ,ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅎ) ‘t’ (http://youtu.be/sNt36HuZAew) : ㄷ,ㅌ,ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅎ are the same sound(ㄷ) when they are locate in an ending consonant. e.g) 읻 = 잍 = 잇 = 있 = 잊 = 잋 = 잏
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