How do you pronounce 자?

자 is romanized ja and read exactly as written.

자

자 — ja

자 is ㅈ plus ㅏ, romanized ja 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

ㅈ + ㅏ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅈ (jieut)

/tɕ/, [dʑ] between voiced sounds

between the j in jar and the ch in itch

ㅏ

/a/

the a in father

Words containing 자

자
ruler
과자
snack
모자
hat
사자
lion
상자
box

비자visa

Syllables that sound the same

The standard gives these the same reading as 자, even though they are spelled differently.

쟈ja

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅈ)

Same vowel (ㅏ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 자?: 자 is romanized ja and read exactly as written.