Cheatsheet - Hangeul

The Korean alphabet at a glance.

Hangeul serves as the official writing system for the Korean language. It was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great, and was developed to enhance literacy and complement the logographic Sino-Korean Hanja script. Hangeul consists of 24 basic letters, including consonants and vowels, which can be combined to form more complex characters.

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Consonants

Letter	Name	Sounds like
ㄱ	기역	g/k As starting consonant: k Between vowels: g As ending consonant: k
ㄴ	니은	n/d As starting consonant: n/d Between vowels: n As ending consonant: n
ㄷ	디귿	t/d As starting consonant: t Between vowels: d As ending consonant: t
ㄹ	리을	r/l As starting consonant: r Between vowels: r As ending consonant: l
ㅁ	미음	m As starting consonant: m Between vowels: m As ending consonant: m
ㅂ	비읍	p/b As starting consonant: p Between vowels: b As ending consonant: p
ㅅ	시옷	s/sh/t As starting consonant: s* Between vowels: s* As ending consonant: t * before the vowel ㅣ: sh
ㅇ	이응	silent/ng As starting consonant: silent Between vowels: silent As ending consonant: ng
ㅈ	지읒	ch/j/t As starting consonant: ch Between vowels: j As ending consonant: t
ㅊ	치읓	ch/t (aspirated) As starting consonant: ch Between vowels: ch As ending consonant: t
ㅋ	키읔	k (aspirated) As starting consonant: k Between vowels: k As ending consonant: k
ㅌ	티읕	t (aspirated) As starting consonant: t Between vowels: t As ending consonant: t
ㅍ	피읖	p (aspirated) As starting consonant: p Between vowels: p As ending consonant: p
ㅎ	히읕	h (aspirated) As starting consonant: h Between vowels: h As ending consonant: silent
ㄲ	쌍기역	g (tense) As starting consonant: g Between vowels: g As ending consonant: g
ㄸ	쌍디귿	d (tense) As starting consonant: d Between vowels: d As ending consonant: d
ㅃ	쌍비읍	b (tense) As starting consonant: b Between vowels: b As ending consonant: b
ㅆ	쌍시옷	s/sh/t (tense) As starting consonant: s* Between vowels: s* As ending consonant: t * before the vowel ㅣ: sh
ㅉ	쌍지읒	j/t (tense) As starting consonant: j Between vowels: j As ending consonant: t