Hard Alphabet: Double Consonants

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Double Consonants (쌍자음: ssang-ja-eum) used in front of the word.

ㄲㄸㅃㅆㅉ
How to pronounce?

ㄲ~ gg (kind of in between g and k)
ㄸ~ dd / th (through)
ㅃ~ bb (in between b and p)
ㅆ~ ss (as in Snake)
ㅉ~ jj (forced j sound)

From these double consonants, only 2 can be used for the end of the words: ㄲ and ㅆ

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