This letter ㅁ (miem) is pronounced like an M. It is related to the Chinese word for mouth 口. It is related traditionally to the next letter in the Korean alphabet, ㅂ (bieup). You can remember the sound that it makes by either remembering that it is derived from the Chinese symbol for mouth or that it’s the shape of a letter that you get in the mail.
Read through more Hangul Lessons. You can also look at resources to learn to read Hangul.
This tenth jamo in the South Korean writing system is letter ㅅ (siot). It is the 7th in the North Korean writing system. Incidentally, both alphabets consist of the same letters but because of where…
This letter (rieul) can be pronounced like an R or an L.. it’s sort of in between to be honest. At the start of a word it is pronounced like an R like in really. At the…
The letter ᄃ (digeut) is pronounced like a D or a T depending on where it is found in a word or syllable. At the start of a word it’s pronounced like T. Then, when…
The letter (giyeok ) ᄀ can be pronounced like a G or a K depending on where it is in a syllable. The ᄀ can also look different, for example it can look like ᄀ…
Happy Birthday to ME I am going to eat Korean BBQ for my 44th birthday. I love Korean BBQ. SO much. Korean BBQ is one of my favorite dining experiences because it’s intimate and you…
Obviously, the Hangul learning pages on my blog are fairly basic and the Internet has countless sources you can use to look more deeply at language learning resources dedicated to the study of Korean. I…
