Hangul foundations · Lesson 4
Review the 14 basic consonants
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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 · ㄹ02Recognize ㅁ · ㅂ · ㅅ · ㅇ by shape and sound03Build syllables with ㅈ · ㅊ · ㅋ · ㅌ · ㅍ · ㅎ04Review the 14 basic consonants04 / 11
Learn the key points
A letter name and a syllable reading are different. ㄱ has its own name, but when you see 가, read the syllable 가.
Letter-name reference
Spelling the names is not part of this check.
| Consonant | Letter name | Syllable |
|---|
| ㄱ | 기역 | 가 |
| ㄴ | 니은 | 나 |
| ㄷ | 디귿 | 다 |
| ㄹ | 리을 | 라 |
| ㅁ | 미음 | 마 |
| ㅂ | 비읍 | 바 |
| ㅅ | 시옷 | 사 |
| ㅇ | 이응 | 아 |
| ㅈ | 지읒 | 자 |
| ㅊ | 치읓 | 차 |
| ㅋ | 키읔 | 카 |
| ㅌ | 티읕 | 타 |
| ㅍ | 피읖 | 파 |
| ㅎ | 히읗 | 하 |