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Korean syllables and batchim

Hangul letters are never written in a line: they are grouped into square syllable blocks. Every block starts with a consonant, has one vowel and may end with a final consonant called batchim (받침). If a syllable starts with a vowel sound, the silent ㅇ takes the first place: 아, 오, 이.

Three block shapes

Syllable builder

First consonant

Vowel

Batchim (optional)

가

ㄱ + ㅏ

7 batchim sounds

At the end of a syllable many consonants lose their own sound. All batchim are pronounced as one of seven sounds:

SoundWritten asExample
[k]ㄱ ㅋ ㄲ국 guk — soup
[n]ㄴ산 san — mountain
[t]ㄷ ㅌ ㅅ ㅆ ㅈ ㅊ ㅎ옷 ot — clothes
[l]ㄹ물 mul — water
[m]ㅁ밤 bam — night; chestnut
[p]ㅂ ㅍ밥 bap — rice; meal
[ng]ㅇ강 gang — river

Korean syllable chart

14 basic consonants × 10 basic vowels — the 140 blocks you will read most often.

ㅏㅑㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡㅣ
ㄱ가갸거겨고교구규그기
ㄴ나냐너녀노뇨누뉴느니
ㄷ다댜더뎌도됴두듀드디
ㄹ라랴러려로료루류르리
ㅁ마먀머며모묘무뮤므미
ㅂ바뱌버벼보뵤부뷰브비
ㅅ사샤서셔소쇼수슈스시
ㅇ아야어여오요우유으이
ㅈ자쟈저져조죠주쥬즈지
ㅊ차챠처쳐초쵸추츄츠치
ㅋ카캬커켜코쿄쿠큐크키
ㅌ타탸터텨토툐투튜트티
ㅍ파퍄퍼펴포표푸퓨프피
ㅎ하햐허혀호효후휴흐히