Hangul 한글

Official Was 한
Han ( ) means
writing invented by “Korean”
system for
South Korea
King Sejong 글
gul ( ) means
the Great “letter”

K o r e a n A l p h a b e t

14 consonants and 10 vowels

There are no F, R, V, or Z
sounds

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Q, W, X and Y sounds must

follow one of these two rules:

combining two or Cannot stand alone

more sounds and need to be followed
[ X = K+ S ] OR by a vowel sound
ㅇ
- Y [ ] (X)
- EXO (엑소) 야
- YA [ ] (O)
 Consonant
자음 (Ja-Eum)
기역 니은 디귿 리을 미음
(Gi-Yeok) (Ni-Eun) (De-Geut) (Li-Eul) (Mi-Eum)

G,K N D R,L M

비읍 시옷 이응 지읒 치읓
(Bi-Eub) (Si-Ot) (Ee-Eung) (Ji-Eeut) (Chi-Eeut)

B S A,Y J C

키읔 티읕 피읖 히읗
(Ki-Eeuk) (Ti-Eut) (Pi-Eup) (Hi-Eut)
C T P H
 Double
consonant
쌍자음 (Ssang-Ja-Eum)
쌍기역 쌍디귿 쌍비읍 쌍시옷 쌍지읒
(Ssang-Gi- (SSang Di- (SSang Bi- (SSang Si- (SSang Ji-
Yeok) Geut) Eub) Ot) Eut)
KK DD , TT PP SS JJ

NOTES
 Vowel
모음 (Mo-Eum)

A YA EO YEO O

YO U YU , OO EU I

NOTES
 Double vowel
쌍모음 (Ssang-Mo-Eum)

E YE AE YAE WAE

OE UI WI WO WE

NOTES