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부

부 — bu

부 is ㅂ plus ㅜ, romanized bu 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

ㅂㅜ=부
ㅂ + ㅜ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㅂ (bieup)

/p/, [b] between voiced sounds

between the b in boy and the p in spin

ㅜ

/u/

the oo in moon

Words containing 부

  • 두부 — tofu

    두부

    tofu

  • 거부refusal
  • 고부in-law relationship
  • 공부study
  • 마부groom
  • 부디please

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅂ)

Same vowel (ㅜ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 부?
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부 is romanized bu and read exactly as written.