{"id":4804,"date":"2017-08-02T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T03:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=4804"},"modified":"2017-08-02T17:45:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T22:45:45","slug":"the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-vowels-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-vowels-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scientific and Phonetic Korean Script, \ud55c\uae00(Hangeul): Vowels #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is another portion of the series about the Korean script, <em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em><em>. <\/em>The following article will cover Korean vowels and their sounds, in order to help you to build fluency in Korean, especially in reading and writing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-1\/\">The first post<\/a> in this series covered a brief history of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0 and how to form <\/em>syllables in Korean.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-consonants-2\/\"> The second post<\/a> covered the explanation of the 19 Korean consonants and their sounds. This post will cover more detailed information of the 21 Korean vowels, including three basic symbols, 10 basic vowels, 11 complex vowels, and how to decode Korean syllables.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21 Korean Vowels <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong>\u314f<\/strong> <strong>\u3151<\/strong> <strong>\u3153<\/strong> <strong>\u3155<\/strong> <strong>\u3157<\/strong> <strong>\u315b<\/strong> <strong>\u315c<\/strong> <strong>\u3160<\/strong> <strong>\u3161<\/strong> <strong>\u3163<\/strong> <strong>\u3150<\/strong> <strong>\u3152<\/strong> <strong>\u3154<\/strong> <strong>\u3156<\/strong> <strong>\u3158<\/strong> <strong>\u3159<\/strong> <strong>\u315a<\/strong> <strong>\u315d<\/strong> <strong>\u315e<\/strong> <strong>\u315f<\/strong> <strong>\u3162<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Basic Symbols<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the following three elements of heaven\/sky, man, and earth, were used to create Korean vowels.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u2022\u009f<\/span> : this stroke is a depiction of the heaven\/sky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<\/span> When you add this stroke to a horizontal or vertical stroke, <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3161<\/span> or<span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3163<\/span>, it looks like \u201c- or \u0131 \u201d instead of \u00a0\u009f<span style=\"color: #808000\">\u2022\u009f<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">ex) the vowel\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314f\u00a0<\/span>is the combination of <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3163<\/span>and \u009f<span style=\"color: #808000\">\u2022\u009f<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">ex) the vowel <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u315c<\/span> is the combination of <span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3161<\/span> and \u009f<span style=\"color: #808000\">\u2022<\/span>\u009f<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3163<\/span> : this stroke is a depiction of a man standing.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3161<\/span> : this stroke is a depiction of earth, the flat land<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4805 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Korean-Vowels-350x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Korean-Vowels-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Korean-Vowels-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Korean-Vowels-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 Basic Vowels <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is the list of 10 basic vowels and their sounds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u314f<\/span> (a as in ah)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3151<\/span> (ya)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3153<\/span> (eo\/uh)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3155<\/span> (yeo)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3157<\/span>\u00a0 (oh)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u315b<\/span>\u00a0 (yo)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u315c \u00a0<\/span>(oo)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3160<\/span> \u00a0 (yoo\/you)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3161<\/span> \u00a0 (eu)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3163<\/span> \u00a0(ee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11 Complex Vowels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is the list of 11 complex vowels and their sounds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3150<\/span> (a as in apple)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3152<\/span> (yae)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3154<\/span> (e)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3156<\/span> (ye)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3158<\/span> (wa)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3159<\/span> (wae)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u315a<\/span> (oe)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u315d<\/span> (wo)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u315e<\/span> (wei)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u315f<\/span> (wi)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u3162<\/span> (eu-ee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now you will learn the sounds of 21 vowels. 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.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in practicing each vowel 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><strong>How to decode Korean syllables\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you remember the two different combinations of Korean syllables from my <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-1\/\">first post<\/a>? Since you learned all the letters of Korean consonants and vowels, now you can now try to read Korean syllables by following these fundamental as follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span> (vowel) examples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u2663 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"> \uc790<\/span> (ja)= <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3148<\/span>(j) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span>(a)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">*<span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc790<\/span>\u00a0 means a ruler in Korean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u2663 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808000\">\ubc14\ub098\ub098<\/span> = <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3142<\/span>(b) +<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span>(a) <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3134<\/span>(n) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span>(a) <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3134<\/span>(n) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span>(a)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">* <span style=\"color: #808000\">\ubc14\ub098\ub098\u00a0<\/span> means a banana in Korean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u2663 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc18c<\/span> = <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3145<\/span>(s) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u3157<\/span>(oh)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">* <span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc18c<\/span>\u00a0 means a cow in Korean.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span> (vowel) + <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u2663 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc0b0<\/span> (san) = <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3145<\/span>(s) \u00a0+\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span>(a) +\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u3134<\/span> (n)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">* <span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc0b0<\/span>\u00a0 means a mountain in Korean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u2663 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808000\">\ub208<\/span> (noon) = <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3134<\/span> (n) \u00a0+\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u315c<\/span> (oo) \u00a0+\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3134<\/span> (n)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">* <span style=\"color: #808000\">\ub208<\/span>\u00a0 means an eye in Korean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u2663 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808000\">\ub3c8<\/span> = <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3137<\/span> (d) \u00a0+\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u3157<\/span> (oh) \u00a0+\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3134<\/span> (n)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">* <span style=\"color: #808000\">\ub3c8<\/span> means money in Korean.<\/p>\n<p>I really hope this series of articles about the Korean script has helped you in your understanding of the Korean consonants and its sounds.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, don\u2019t forget to check out my next article on stoke orders for all of the consonants and vowels.<\/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=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Korean-Vowels-350x197.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\/08\/Korean-Vowels-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Korean-Vowels-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Korean-Vowels-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>This is another portion of the series about the Korean script, \ud55c\uae00. 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