How do you pronounce 께?

께 is romanized kke and read exactly as written.

Is 께 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.

께

께 — kke

께 is ㄲ plus ㅔ, romanized kke 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

ㄲ + ㅔ — 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

ㅔ

/e/

the e in bet — closer than ㅐ

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄲ)

Same vowel (ㅔ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 께?: 께 is romanized kke and read exactly as written.
Is 께 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.