The Consonants
Due to the subjective nature of language, pronunciations will vary from region to region as well as person to person.
To hear a sample of the pronunciation of each letter, click the icon to the left of the Korean character. You can then hear its name and pronunciation.
| Hangul | Pronunciation at the... | ||
| Start of a word | Start of a syllable | End of a word | |
 ㄱ | k (kite) | c (can) | k (walk) |
| ㄲ | g (gone) | <- same | <- same |
| ㄴ | n (now) | <- same | <- same |
| ㄷ | t (talk) | d (mind) | t (hot) |
| ㄸ | d (dog) | <- same | <- same |
| ㄹ | r (run) | <- same | l (real) |
| ㅁ | m (mop) | <- same | m (hum) |
| ㅂ | p (pool) | b (bay) | p (lap) |
| ㅃ | b (bird) | <- same | <- same |
| ㅅ | s (show) | <- same | t (hot) |
| ㅆ | s (sun) | <- same | t (hot) |
| ㅇ | silent | <- same | ng (ring) |
| ㅈ | ch (chop) | j (jar) | t (hot) |
| ㅉ | j (jim) | <- same | t (hot) |
| ㅊ | ch (itch) | <- same | t (hot) |
| ㅋ | kh (khaki) | <- same | <- same |
| ㅌ | t (tip) | <- same | t (hot) |
| ㅍ | p (pit) | <- same | p (lap) |
| ㅎ | h (hot) | <- same | silent |
The Vowels
Due to the subjective nature of language, pronunciations will vary from region to region as well as person to person.
To hear a sample of the pronunciation of each letter, click the icon to the left of the Korean character. You can then hear its name and pronunciation.
| Hangul | Pronunciation |
| ㅏ | ah (Rah) |
| ㅓ | uh (run) |
| ㅗ | oh (dough) |
| ㅜ | oo (moon) |
| ㅡ | uh (brook) |
| ㅣ | ee (meek) |
| ㅐ | ae (at) |
| ㅔ | eh (met) |
| ㅑ | yah (yawn) |
| ㅕ | yuh (yum) |
| ㅛ | yoh (yodel) |
| ㅠ | yoo (view) |
| ㅒ | yae (yak) |
| ㅖ | yeh (yes) |
| ㅘ | wah (wand) |
| ㅙ | wae (wax) |
| ㅝ | wuh (wonder) |
| ㅞ | weh (web) |
| ㅚ | weh (wait) |
| ㅟ | wee (week) |
| ㅢ | uey (muey) |
For a look into how Korean letters are constructed into syllables, click on to the Structure page.
Head to the Pronunciation page to see and hear how these characters are used.