How do you pronounce 깨?

깨 is romanized kkae and read exactly as written.

깨

깨 — kkae

깨 is ㄲ plus ㅐ, romanized kkae 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.

The two letters

ㄲ (ssanggiyeok)

/k͈/

a tense, unaspirated k — like the k in sky, said with a tight throat

ㅐ

/ɛ/

the e in bed — more open than ㅔ

Words containing 깨

깨sesame seeds
어깨shoulder
도깨비Dokkaebi (Korean goblin)

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄲ)

Same vowel (ㅐ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 깨?: 깨 is romanized kkae and read exactly as written.