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.

How this block is put together

ㄲ + ㅐ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

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

깨
sesame seeds
어깨
shoulder
도깨비
Dokkaebi (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.