Hangul Consonant And Vowel Tables

INITIALS

VOWELS

FINALS

ALPHABETIZATION

Several sequences are in use. Sequences of the first type are common in South Korea, differing on the treatment of geminate consonants in syllable-initial (''choseong'') and -final (''jongseong'') position; the second sequence is official in North Korea.

South Korea:

Consonant letters: ㄱ (ㄲ) ㄴ ㄷ (ㄸ) ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ (ㅃ) ㅅ (ㅆ) ㅇ ㅈ (ㅉ) ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ

Vowel letters: ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅜ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅜ ㅢ ㅣ

North Korea:

Consonant letters: ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ‑ᆼ (= final) ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ ᄋ‑ (= initial)

Vowel letters: ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ ㅐ ㅒ ㅔ ㅖ ㅚ ㅟ ㅢ ㅘ ㅙ ㅞ

CONSONANT LETTERS' NAMES

Variants are given in brackets.

South Korea:

--- ㄱ 기역 (기억)

--- ㄲ 쌍 기역 (쌍 기억)

--- ㄴ 니은

--- ㄷ 디귿

--- ㄸ 쌍 디귿

--- ㄹ 리을

--- ㅁ 미음

--- ㅂ 비읍

--- ㅃ 쌍 비읍

--- ㅅ 시옷

--- ㅆ 쌍 시옷

--- ㅇ 이응

--- ㅈ 지읒

--- ㅉ 쌍 지읒

--- ㅊ 치읓

--- ㅋ 키읔

--- ㅌ 티읕

--- ㅍ 피읖

--- ㅎ 히읗

North Korea:

--- ㄱ 기윽

--- ㄴ 니은

--- ㄷ 디읃

--- ㄹ 리을

--- ㅁ 미음

--- ㅂ 비읍

--- ㅅ 시읏

--- ㅈ 즈?

--- ㅊ 츠

--- ㅋ 크

--- ㅌ 트

--- ㅍ 프

--- ㅎ 흐

--- ㄲ 된 기윽 (쌍 기윽)

--- ㄸ 된 디읃 (쌍 디읃)

--- ㅃ 된 비읍 (쌍 비읍)

--- ㅆ 된 시읏 (쌍 시읏)

--- ㅉ 된 지읒? (쌍 지읒)

Consonant names in the 15th century seem to have ended in a vowel, judging from 1451 Hunmin Jeongeum Eonhae's forms such as " {Link without Title} 는", which may have been pronounced /그는/.

Obsolete variants:

--- ㅁ: 미옴

--- ㅂ: 비옵

--- ㅈ: 쟛

--- ㅇ: 이흥, 이횡, 이행 (in which 행 should have ᆡ a, i'' instead of ㅐ), 이

	APPAREL
	BABY
	BEAUTY
	BOOKS
	CAR TOYS
	CELL PHONES
	DVD'S
	ELECTRONICS
	GOURMET FOOD
	GROCERIES
	HEALTH & PERSONAL
	HOME & GARDEN
	JEWELRY
	MUSIC
	MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
	OFFICE PRODUCTS
	SOFTWARE
	SPORTING GOODS
	TOOLS & HARDWARE
	TOYS
	VIDEO GAMES
	SHOPPING HOME

	MORE SHOPPING...

	CATEGORIES ABOUT HANGUL CONSONANT AND VOWEL TABLES

	korean language

Information About

Hangul Consonant And Vowel Tables