Hangul foundations · Lesson 1

Read your first syllables: ㄱ · ㄴ · ㄷ · ㄹ

Lesson information & display

Planning guide: about 20 min · Progress by understanding and practice, not by the clock.

Completion records the activities you finished. It is not a pronunciation score or a Korean proficiency certificate.

Unit contents

Consonants and your first syllables

01Read your first syllables: ㄱ · ㄴ · ㄷ · ㄹ 02Recognize ㅁ · ㅂ · ㅅ · ㅇ by shape and sound 03Build syllables with ㅈ · ㅊ · ㅋ · ㅌ · ㅍ · ㅎ 04Review the 14 basic consonants

Your goal Before you start Explore the situation Learn the key points

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Before you start

You do not need to know any Korean letters yet. First, match a shape. Which card below matches ㄱ?

Syllable cards

ㄴㄱㄷ

The middle card, ㄱ, matches. You do not need its sound for this shape task. Now look at ㅏ: a long vertical line with a short line pointing to the right.

Today’s vowel

ㅏ