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.
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
Nearby in the chart
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.