easy hangul reference
CONSONANTS
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ㄱ기역kSimilar to k or g in English.
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ㄲ쌍기역kkLike ㄱ, but tenser and higher-pitched.
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ㄴ니은nSimilar to n in English.
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ㄷ디귿dSimilar to t or d in English.
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ㄸ쌍디귿ddLike ㄷ, but tenser and higher-pitched.
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ㄹ리을rRoughly halfway between an English r and l.
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ㅁ미음mSimilar to m in English.
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ㅂ비읍bSimilar to p or b in English.
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ㅃ쌍비읍bbLike ㅂ, but tenser and higher-pitched.
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ㅅ시옷sSimilar to s in English.
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ㅆ쌍시옷ssLike ㅅ, but tenser and higher-pitched.
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ㅇ이응∅ / ngSimilar to ng in English.
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ㅈ지읒jSimilar to j or ch in English.
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ㅉ쌍지읒jjLike ㅉ, but tenser and higher-pitched.
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ㅊ치읓chLike ㅈ, but more aspirated.
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ㅋ키읔kLike ㄱ, but more aspirated.
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ㅌ티읕tSimilar to t in English.
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ㅍ피읖pLike ㅂ, but more aspirated.
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ㅎ히읗hSimilar to h in English.
VOWELS
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ㅏ아aSimilar to the a in father.
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ㅐ애aeSimilar to the e in egg. In many dialects, pronounced identically to ㅔ.
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ㅑ야yaLike ㅏ, but preceded by a y.
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ㅒ얘yaeLike ㅐ, but preceded by a y.
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ㅓ어eoRoughly halfway between the o in off and the u in under.
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ㅔ에eSimilar to the e in egg. In many dialects, pronounced identically to ㅐ.
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ㅕ여yeoLike ㅓ, but preceded by a y.
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ㅖ예yeLike ㅔ, but preceded by a y.
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ㅗ오oSimilar to the o in ocean. Also similar to ㅓ, but with the lips more rounded.
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ㅘ와waSimilar to the wa in water.
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ㅙ왜waeSimilar to the we in wet. In spoken Korean, often undifferentiated from ㅚ.
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ㅚ외oeSimilar to the we in wet. In spoken Korean, often undifferentiated from ㅙ.
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ㅛ요yoLike ㅗ, but preceded by a y.
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ㅜ우uSimilar to the oo in tooth.
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ㅝ워woLike ㅓ, but preceded by a w.
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ㅞ웨weSimilar to the we in wet. In many dialects, pronounced identically to ㅙ.
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ㅟ위wiSimilar to the wee in weekend
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ㅠ유yuLike ㅜ, but preceded by a y.
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ㅡ으euLike ㅜ, but with the lips less rounded.
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ㅢ의ui
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ㅣ이iSimilar to the ee in tree