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Read Korean Hangul

Read Korean letter by letter, then put the letters together into syllable blocks and short words. Romanization follows the Revised Romanization of the National Institute of Korean Language.

Korean72 cards

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  • Basic vowels

    ㅛ

    yo (vowel)

  • Basic consonants

    g / k (consonant)

    ㄱ

  • Compound vowels

    ㅖ

    ye (vowel)

  • Syllable blocks

    cha (syllable)

    차

  • First words to read

    사람

    saram (person)

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You start with Basic vowels, and the next section opens as you learn the one before it.

  1. Section 1: Basic vowels

    Start here10 cards
  2. Section 2: Basic consonants

    14 cards
  3. Section 3: Double consonants

    5 cards
  4. Section 4: Compound vowels

    11 cards
  5. Section 5: Syllable blocks

    22 cards
  6. Section 6: First words to read

    10 cards
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All 72 cards

In the order you learn them, one section at a time.

1Basic vowels10 cards

ㅏ
a (vowel)
ㅑ
ya (vowel)
ㅓ
eo (vowel)
ㅕ
yeo (vowel)
ㅗ
o (vowel)
ㅛ
yo (vowel)
ㅜ
u (vowel)
ㅠ
yu (vowel)
ㅡ
eu (vowel)
ㅣ
i (vowel)

2Basic consonants14 cards

ㄱ
g / k (consonant)
ㄴ
n (consonant)
ㄷ
d / t (consonant)
ㄹ
r / l (consonant)
ㅁ
m (consonant)
ㅂ
b / p (consonant)
ㅅ
s (consonant)
ㅇ
ng / silent (consonant)
ㅈ
j (consonant)
ㅊ
ch (consonant)
ㅋ
k (consonant)
ㅌ
t (consonant)
ㅍ
p (consonant)
ㅎ
h (consonant)

3Double consonants5 cards

ㄲ
kk (double consonant)
ㄸ
tt (double consonant)
ㅃ
pp (double consonant)
ㅆ
ss (double consonant)
ㅉ
jj (double consonant)

4Compound vowels11 cards

ㅐ
ae (vowel)
ㅔ
e (vowel)
ㅒ
yae (vowel)
ㅖ
ye (vowel)
ㅘ
wa (vowel)
ㅙ
wae (vowel)
ㅚ
oe (vowel)
ㅝ
wo (vowel)
ㅞ
we (vowel)
ㅟ
wi (vowel)
ㅢ
ui (vowel)

5Syllable blocks22 cards

가
ga (syllable)
나
na (syllable)
다
da (syllable)
라
ra (syllable)
마
ma (syllable)
바
ba (syllable)
사
sa (syllable)
아
a (syllable)
자
ja (syllable)
하
ha (syllable)
카
ka (syllable)
타
ta (syllable)
파
pa (syllable)
차
cha (syllable)
고
go (syllable)
시
si (syllable)
강
gang (syllable)
한
han (syllable)
국
guk (syllable)
말
mal (syllable)
밥
bap (syllable)
옷
ot (syllable)

6First words to read10 cards

사람
saram (person)
한국
Hanguk (Korea)
한글
Hangeul (the Korean alphabet)
서울
Seoul (the capital of South Korea)
안녕
annyeong (hi / bye)
감사합니다
gamsahamnida (thank you)
친구
chingu (friend)
커피
keopi (coffee)
우유
uyu (milk)
김치
gimchi (kimchi)

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Basic vowels

ㅑ

Published September 27, 2026