Basics1. 40 basic Korean letters you must know

Korean alphabets are totally 40 words, with 21 vowels and 19 consonants.

 

21 vowels are  ;
a, ㅏ
e, ㅔ
ae, ㅐ
i, ㅣ
o, ㅗ
u, ㅜ
eo, ㅓ
ui, ㅢ
wa, ㅘ
ya, ㅑ
yeo, ㅕ
yo, ㅛ
yu, ㅠ
ye, ㅖ
eu, ㅡ
wi, ㅟ
we, ㅞ
wo, ㅝ
oe, ㅚ
wae, ㅙ
yae, ㅒ

and 19 consonants are ;

ㄱ g
ㄴ n
ㄷ d
ㄹ l
ㅁ m
ㅂ b
ㅅ s
ㅇ ng (silent)
ㅈ j z
ㅊ ch
ㅋ k
ㅌ t
ㅍ p
ㅎ h
ㄲ kk
ㄸ tt
ㅃ pp
ㅆ ss
ㅉ tsu

 

A representative vowels such as ㅏ ㅔ ㅐ ㅣ ㅗ ㅜ ㅓ ㅢ ㅘ ㅑ ㅕ ㅛ ㅠ ㅖ ㅡ ㅟ ㅞ ㅝ ㅚ ㅙ ㅒ , and a representative consonants, ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ construct one single Koren letter together.Therefore, you can make 가 네 대 리 모 부 서 의 좌 챠 켜 요 퓨 혜 그 위 웨 워 외 왜 얘. 

 

However, even though you combine these two groups, you cannot use certain words, such as 톼 풰 . These are rare exceptions that recent Korean people use in daily expression. 

 

When you want to practice Korean letter structure, you can start from this table very first time. Just prepare one paper and a pencil~ Let’s write together.

 

 

Korean alphabet chart *table to learn

 

(For whom in advanced course)
Sometimes, you can find 앓 앉 않 삯. You can see combination of consonants under 아. One consonant and also the other consonant make another consonant in these letters. You can practice these 'bottom consonant' in the other articles in this site.