How do you pronounce 꾸?

꾸 is romanized kku and read exactly as written.

Is 꾸 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.

꾸

꾸 — kku

꾸 is ㄲ plus ㅜ, romanized kku 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 + ㅜ — 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

ㅜ

/u/

the oo in moon

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄲ)

Same vowel (ㅜ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 꾸?: 꾸 is romanized kku and read exactly as written.
Is 꾸 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.