How do you pronounce 으?

으 is romanized eu and read exactly as written.

Is 으 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.

으

으 — eu

으 is ㅇ plus ㅡ, romanized eu and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: less common — it appears, but below the median frequency. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㅇ + ㅡ — the vowel sits underneath 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

ㅡ

/ɯ/

no close English match — the oo of moon with lips spread flat

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅇ)

Same vowel (ㅡ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 으?: 으 is romanized eu and read exactly as written.
Is 으 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.