ㅈ — jieut
Korean consonant · /tɕ/, [dʑ] between voiced sounds
ㅈ is /tɕ/, [dʑ] between voiced sounds — between the j in jar and the ch in itch. It appears in 20 cells of the syllable chart, 17 of which have audio you can play here.
61 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain ㅈ — 42% of the bar the most common letter would fill.
| Name | jieut (지읒) |
|---|---|
| Sound | /tɕ/, [dʑ] between voiced sounds |
| Romanized | j at the start, t at the end |
| Hear it | Recorded by a native Korean speaker |
ㅈ in the syllable chart
17 of 20 cells have audio — 11 with their own recording, 6 borrowing one from an identically pronounced syllable. 3 have none yet.
Where the reading differs from the spelling
- 쟈 is read [자] and romanized ja.
- 져 is read [저] and romanized jeo.
- 죠 is read [조] and romanized jo.
- 쥬 is read [주] and romanized ju.
- 쟤 is read [재] and romanized jae.
- 졔 is read [제] and romanized je.
- 죄 is read [죄/줴] and romanized joe.
- 즤 is read [지] and romanized jui.
See the articles that decide this.
Letters it gets confused with
Same three-way split on the j sounds: ㅈ plain, ㅊ aspirated, ㅉ tense.
Words that use ㅈ
자
ruler
과자
snack
모자
hat
사자
lion
상자
box
- 비자visa
- 저I
- 저것that over there
Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce ㅈ? +
- ㅈ is /tɕ/, [dʑ] between voiced sounds. In English terms it is between the j in jar and the ch in itch. At the start of a syllable it is romanized j, and at the end of a syllable it is t.
- What is the name of the letter ㅈ? +
- It is called jieut (지읒). Korean consonant names are built so that the letter appears twice — once at the start of the name and once at the end — which tells you both of its positions at a glance.
- How many strokes does ㅈ have? +
- 3. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.
- Why is 쟈 not read the way it is written? +
- 쟈 is pronounced [자]. 8 of the cells in this set read differently from how they are written. The rules page quotes the article that decides it.
- Why do some ㅈ cells play a different syllable? +
- 6 of them do. The standard defines those syllables as having the same pronunciation as another one, so rather than play nothing the cell plays that syllable's recording. Each cell names which one it borrows.