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마

마 — ma

마 is ㅁ plus ㅏ, romanized ma 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

ㅁㅏ=마
ㅁ + ㅏ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅁ (mieum)

/m/

the m in me

ㅏ

/a/

the a in father

Words containing 마

  • 도마 — cutting board

    도마

    cutting board

  • 로마 — Rome

    로마

    Rome

  • 꼬마little one
  • 마디joint
  • 마루floor
  • 마부groom

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Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 마?
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마 is romanized ma and read exactly as written.