Friday, August 3, 2007

Hangeul (Korean) consonant and vowel table

14 simple consonants

ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ


5 double consonants

ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ


11 consonant clusters

ㄳ, ㄵ, ㄶ, ㄺ, ㄻ, ㄼ, ㄽ, ㄾ, ㄿ, ㅀ, ㅄ


6 simple vowels

ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, ㅜ, ㅡ, ㅣ


4 simple iotized vowels

ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ


11 diphthongs

ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅢ



Source: Wikipedia





***Character***

1) a simple consonant letter (or a double consonant letter) +

a simple vowel (or a simple iotized vowel or a diphthong)


or


2) a simple consonant letter (or a double consonant letter) +

a simple vowel (or a simple iotized vowel or a diphthong) +

a simple consonant letter (or a double consonant letter or a consonant cluster)



For example,

1) 가, 나, 다, 라, 마, 바, 사 아, 까, 따, 뻐, 오, 쿠, 개, 뇌 etc...

2) 각, 난, 닭, 쌍, 않, 갉, 많, 햅, 꽃, 땅, 괜, 갭 etc...



***Word***

1) One character

e.g.) 닭 - chicken


2) Character + Character + ....

e.g.) 감자 -potato, 컴퓨터 - computer



TK

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