Hangul lesson 7 of 7batchim
Final consonants
What you'll learn
A 받침 is a consonant at the bottom of a syllable block. Any 받침 collapses to one of seven sounds: [ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅇ]. So 옷, 옻, and 잇 all sound the same [옫].
Read and listen
책
chaek
book
꽃
kkot (pronounced kkot)
flower
밥
bap
rice / meal
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