Letter Name of 14 Korean Basic Consonants 한글 기본자음 14자 이름

Letter Name of 14 Korean Basic Consonants

Like A (ay), B (bee), C (cee)... of the alphabet letters, Korean Hangeul consonants also have names. Let's take a quick look at the name of 14 basic consonants in Hangeul.

ㄱ 기역 giyeok 
ㄴ 니은 nieun 
ㄷ 디귿 digeut
ㄹ 리을 rieul
ㅁ 미음 mieum
ㅂ 비읍 bieup
ㅅ 시옷 siot
ㅇ 이응 ieung
ㅈ 지읒 jieut
ㅊ 치읓 chieut
ㅋ 키읔 kieuk
ㅌ 티읕 tieut
ㅍ 피읖 pieup
ㅎ 히읗 hieut

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Letter Name of 14 Korean Basic Consonants

Except for ㄱ, ㄷ, and ㅅ, there are rules for 11 characters in the name. You can complete the name by putting the corresponding consonant in the boxes. ㄱ, ㄷ, and ㅅ have slightly different irregularities. You can just memorize the names of these three consonants.

 

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