How do you pronounce 끄?

끄 is romanized kkeu and read exactly as written.

끄

끄 — kkeu

끄 is ㄲ plus ㅡ, romanized kkeu 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 + ㅡ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㄲ (ssanggiyeok)

/k͈/

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

ㅡ

/ɯ/

no close English match — the oo of moon with lips spread flat

Words containing 끄

끄트머리tip

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄲ)

Same vowel (ㅡ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 끄?: 끄 is romanized kkeu and read exactly as written.