{"id":4787,"date":"2017-07-26T22:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T03:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=4787"},"modified":"2017-07-26T19:28:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T00:28:11","slug":"the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-consonants-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-consonants-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scientific and Phonetic Korean Script, \ud55c\uae00(Hangeul): Consonants #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know why <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>is considered a highly phonetic and scientific writing systems? <em>You will have a good understanding after reading the following explanation of Korean consonants and their sounds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last week I introduced the brief history of \u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ud55c\uae00<\/span>, and how to form syllables in Korean. This post will cover more detailed information about the 19 Korean consonants, including the creation process, names, and sounds. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Korean consonant system can be categorized by the three following characteristics. <\/em>This way you can easily understand the systemic characteristics of Korean consonants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Basic Consonants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the five basic letters, <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3131\u3134\u3141\u3145\u3147<span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are shaped after the vocal organs that are used to articulate each sound.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4631 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-350x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-350x205.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-1024x599.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3131<\/span> : the shape of the tongue when it touches the velum in the back of the mouth<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3134<\/span> : the shape of the tongue when the tip of it touches the alveolar<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3141<\/span> : the shape of the mouth<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3145<\/span> : the shape of the teeth<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3147<\/span> : the shape of the throat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Structural Expansion from the Basic Consonants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The nine consonants, <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314b\u3137\u314c\u3142\u314d\u3148\u314a\u314e\u3139<\/span>, are based on the five basic consonants above. By adding additional strokes to <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3131\u3134\u3141\u3145\u3147<\/span>, the following letters were created.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u3131 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u314b<\/li>\n<li>\u3134 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u3137 \/\u00a0\u00a0 \u314c<\/li>\n<li>\u3141 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u3142 \/ \u314d<\/li>\n<li>\u3145 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u3148\uf020 \/ \u314a<\/li>\n<li>\u3147 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u314e<\/li>\n<li>\u3139<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Expansion of the sound: Tensed Sounds <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following are five more consonants that were created by putting the same letters together to produce hard sounds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u3131 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u3132<\/li>\n<li>\u3137 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u3138<\/li>\n<li>\u3142 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u3143<\/li>\n<li>\u3145 \u00a0\u2192 \u3146<\/li>\n<li>\u3148 \u00a0\u2192 \u00a0\u3149<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now try and learn the name and sound of each letter. However, it is important to note that the sounds of the Korean letters do not perfectly match with English sounds. I added the closest sound values in English to help your understanding. Please listen to the audio file in order to study the accurate sounds of each consonant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/The-Scientific-and-Phonetic-Korean-Script2-Consonants.m4a'>The Scientific and Phonetic Korean Script#2 -Consonants<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" 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width=\"126\"><strong>Names<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"77\"><strong>Sounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>in Korean<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><strong>Sounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>in English<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3131<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uae30\uc5ed<\/span> (giyeok)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3131<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3134<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ub2c8\uc740<\/span> (nieun)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3134<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3137<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ub514\uadff<\/span> (digeut)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3137<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3139<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ub9ac\uc744<\/span> (rieul)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3139<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">l (between r and l)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3141<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ubbf8\uc74c<\/span> (mieum)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3141<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3142<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ube44\uc74d<\/span> (bieup)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3142<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3145<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc2dc\uc637<\/span> (siot)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3145<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3147<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc774\uc751<\/span> (ieung)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3147<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<\/span> no sound or -ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3148<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc9c0\uc752<\/span> (jieut)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3148<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">j<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314a<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uce58\uc753<\/span> (chieut)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u314a<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">ch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314b<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ud0a4\uc754<\/span> (kieuk)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u314b<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">k<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314c<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ud2f0\uc755<\/span> (tieut)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u314c<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314d<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ud53c\uc756<\/span> (pieub)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u314d<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314e<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ud788\uc757<\/span> (hieut)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u314e<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3132<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc30d\uae30\uc5ed<\/span> (ssang <u>g<\/u>iyeok)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3132<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">gg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3138<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc30d\ub514\uadff<\/span> (ssang digeut)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3138<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">dd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3143<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc30d\ube44\uc74d<\/span> (ssang bieup)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3143<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">bb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>18<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3146<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc30d\uc2dc\uc637<\/span>(ssang siot)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3146<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">ss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3149<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"126\"><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc30d\uc9c0\uc752<\/span> (ssang jieut)<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u3149<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">jj<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<\/span> When<span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3147<\/span> is the initial consonant of <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span> (vowel) combination, it acts as a silent place holder for the vowels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc544<\/em><\/span> (\u201ca\u201d as in \u201cah\u201d) : <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3147<\/span>(no sound) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span>(a)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<\/span> When <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3147\u00a0<\/span>is in the final consonant place of \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span> (vowel) + <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) combination, it takes an \u201c-ng\u201d sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ubc29<\/em> <\/span>(ba<u>ng<\/u>) : <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3142<\/span> (b) +<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span>(a) + <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3147<\/span> (ng)<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in practicing each consonant and related vocabulary, please click the following link.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/~koreanrs\/hangul.html\">http:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/~koreanrs\/hangul.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aren\u2019t you thankful to King Sejong who carefully formed the five basic consonants and produced the other consonants by adding different elements to the basic ones? I am truly amazed with his and his scholars\u2019 linguistic knowledge back in the 1400s. I hope the above explanation and audio file will help you to become familiar with the Korean consonants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><em>\uac10\uc0ac\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong> (Thank you!)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-350x205.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-350x205.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2.-The-Journey-of-the-Korean-script-1024x599.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Do you know why \ud55c\uae00\u00a0\u00a0is considered a highly phonetic and scientific writing systems? You will have a good understanding after reading the following explanation of Korean consonants and their sounds. Last week I introduced the brief history of \u00a0\ud55c\uae00, and how to form syllables in Korean. 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