Hangul Alphabet. (ja-mo-eum)

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Unlike the Korean language, the Korean Alphabet is very easy to learn. Korean words are made up of syllable blocks. These blocks are made up of the alphabet letters.

Eg. 밀 instead of ㅁㅣ ㄹ

The blocks are made up like one of the following.

C = Consonant.
V = Vowel.

C   C   CV   CV   CV   C
V   V         C   CC   V
    C                  CC

read from left to right, top to bottom.

Examples.

주 줌 가 감 칾 굶

If the vowel has a long horizontal line then the letters go from top to bottom.
If the vowel has a long vertical line then the letters go from left to right.

Double letters are more pronounced. eg. ㅅ = s ㅆ = ss.

Consonants.

ㄱ = k (ㄲ = kk)
ㄴ = n
ㄷ = t (ㄸ = tt)
ㄹ = l
ㅁ = m
ㅂ = p (ㅃ = pp)
ㅅ = s (ㅆ = ss)
ㅇ = ng (if the first letter in the syllable then it is silent)
ㅈ = c (ㅉ = cc)
ㅊ = ch
ㅋ = k
ㅌ = t
ㅍ = p (b)
ㅎ = h

Vowels.
Vowels are generally preceeded with a ㅇ as vowels can never be the first character.

아 = a
야 = ya

애 = ae
얘 = yae

어 = aw
여 = yaw

에 = e
예 = ye

오 = o
요 = yo

우 = u
유 = yu

이 = i

으 = eu

와 = wa
왜= why
외 = we
웨 = wei
워 = wo
위 = wi
의 = oi

frany

you can take out ㅇ from the vowels in Korean way.