How do you pronounce 볘?

볘 is read [볘/베], not the way it is spelled. It is romanized bye.

Why does 볘 play the recording of 볘?

Because the standard defines them as the same sound. Rather than leave the cell silent, it plays the 볘 recording and says so.

Is 볘 used in real Korean words?

Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.

볘

볘 — bye

pronounced [볘/베]

볘 is written with ㅂ and ㅖ, but the standard reads it [볘/베] — not the way it is spelled. It is romanized bye. The recording below is of 볘, which the standard defines as the same sound.

Frequency: rare — it does not appear in the teaching material at all. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

The rules that decide this

Standard Korean Pronunciation, Article 5, Proviso 2

Apart from 예 and 례, ㅖ may also be pronounced [ㅔ].

'예, 례' 이외의 'ㅖ'는 [ㅔ]로도 발음한다.

Gives 계, 폐 and the rest a second permitted reading — [계] or [게]. 예 and 례 are excluded and keep one reading.

All the rules this site follows

The two letters

ㅂ (bieup)

/p/, [b] between voiced sounds

between the b in boy and the p in spin

ㅖ

/je/

the ye in yes

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅂ)

Same vowel (ㅖ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 볘?: 볘 is read [볘/베], not the way it is spelled. It is romanized bye.
Why does 볘 play the recording of 볘?: Because the standard defines them as the same sound. Rather than leave the cell silent, it plays the 볘 recording and says so.
Is 볘 used in real Korean words?: Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.