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어

어 — eo

어 is ㅇ plus ㅓ, romanized eo 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

ㅇㅓ=어
ㅇ + ㅓ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅇ (ieung)

silent before a vowel, /ŋ/ in final position

no sound at the start of a syllable; the ng in sing at the end

ㅓ

/ʌ/

the u in but

Words containing 어

  • 어깨 — shoulder

    어깨

    shoulder

  • 어부 — fisherman

    어부

    fisherman

  • 어디where
  • 어제yesterday
  • 먹어요eat
  • 멀어요far

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅇ)

Same vowel (ㅓ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 어?
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어 is romanized eo and read exactly as written.