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끼

끼 — kki

끼 is ㄲ plus ㅣ, romanized kki 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

ㄲㅣ=끼
ㄲ + ㅣ — 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

ㅣ

/i/

the ee in see

Words containing 끼

  • 토끼 — rabbit

    토끼

    rabbit

  • 도끼axe

Syllables that sound the same

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

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄲ)

Same vowel (ㅣ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 끼?
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끼 is romanized kki and read exactly as written.