Han-geul, or the Korean alphabet, is composed of forty letters. Twenty-one of which are vowels, and the remaining nineteen are consonants.
CONSONANTS:
ㅂ -- b (when it is placed before a vowel) and p (when it is placed after a vowel)
ㅈ -- j
ㄷ -- d (when it is placed before a vowel) and t (when it is placed after a vowel)
ㄱ -- g (when it is placed before a vowel) and k (when it is placed after a vowel)
ㅁ -- m
ㄴ -- n
ㅇ -- ng (it doesn't have sound when placed before a vowel. For example: 아 -- pronounced as "a")
ㄹ -- r (when it is placed before a vowel) and l (when it is placed after a vowel)
ㅎ -- h
ㅅ -- s
ㅋ -- k
ㅌ -- t
ㅊ -- ch
ㅍ -- p
ㅃ -- pp
ㅉ -- jj
ㄸ -- dd
ㄲ -- gg
ㅆ -- ss
VOWELS:
ㅛ -- yo
ㅕ -- yeo
ㅑ -- ya
ㅐ -- ae
ㅔ -- e
ㅗ -- o
ㅓ -- eo
ㅏ -- a
ㅣ -- i
ㅠ -- yu
ㅜ -- u
ㅡ -- eu
ㅒ -- yae
ㅖ -- ye
ㅢ -- ui
ㅟ -- wi
ㅚ -- we
ㅘ -- wa
ㅙ -- wae
ㅝ -- weo
ㅞ -- we
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In Han-geul, all symbols are written and read from top to bottom and from left to right.
Examples:
H A N
ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ = 한
G EU L
ㄱ + ㅡ + ㄹ = 글
M U L
ㅁ + ㅜ + ㄹ = 물
N A N
ㄴ + ㅏ + ㄴ = 난
N A
ㄴ + ㅏ = 나
N EO
ㄴ + ㅓ = 너
BINABASA MO ANG
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