Hangul

Overview

Hangul (한글) refers to the Korean alphabet. Syllables consist of at least one consonant and one vowel. Hangul is written left to right, top to bottom.

Vowels

There are 10 basic vowels. In dictionary order, they are:

• 아 : First-derived
• 야 : Second-derived, 이+아
• 어 : First-derived
• 여 : Second-derived, 이+어
• 오 : First-derived
• 요 : Second-derived, 이+오
• 우 : First-derived
• 유 : Second-derived, 이+우
• 으 : First-derived
• 이 : First-derived

Consonants

There are 14 basic consonants. In dictionary order, they are:

• ㄱ (기역)
• ㄴ (니은)
• ㄷ (디귿)
• ㄹ (리을)
• ㅁ (미음)
• ㅂ (비읍)
• ㅅ (시옷)
• ㅇ (이응)
• ㅈ (지읒)
• ㅊ (치읓)
• ㅋ (키읔)
• ㅌ (티읕)
• ㅍ (피읖)
• ㅎ (히읗)