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Korean Alphabet (Hangul) Chart

Hangul has 14 basic consonants, 10 basic vowels, 5 double consonants, and 11 compound vowels. Click any character to see its pronunciation guide.

Basic Consonants (자음)

14 consonants, the building blocks of Korean syllables

Double Consonants (쌍자음)

5 tense consonants, pronounced with more force and no aspiration

Basic Vowels (모음)

10 vowels that combine with consonants to form syllable blocks

Compound Vowels (이중 모음)

11 diphthongs, two vowel sounds blended together

How Hangul Works

Korean syllables are written as blocks. Each block combines a consonant + vowel (and optionally a final consonant).

ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ

han

ㄱ + ㅡ + ㄹ

geul

한글

 

= Hangul!

Vertical vowels (ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅣ) sit to the right of the consonant. Horizontal vowels (ㅗ, ㅜ, ㅡ) sit below. Final consonants (받침) go underneath the whole block.

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