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바

바 — ba

바 is ㅂ plus ㅏ, romanized ba and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: common — it appears at or above the median frequency in the teaching material behind this site. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㅂㅏ=바
ㅂ + ㅏ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅂ (bieup)

/p/, [b] between voiced sounds

between the b in boy and the p in spin

ㅏ

/a/

the a in father

Words containing 바

  • 바다 — sea

    바다

    sea

  • 바둑 — baduk (go)

    바둑

    baduk (go)

  • 바보 — fool

    바보

    fool

  • 바지 — pants

    바지

    pants

  • 바나나 — banana

    바나나

    banana

  • 쿠바Cuba

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅂ)

Same vowel (ㅏ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 바?
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바 is romanized ba and read exactly as written.