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미

미 — mi

미 is ㅁ plus ㅣ, romanized mi 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

ㅁㅣ=미
ㅁ + ㅣ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅁ (mieum)

/m/

the m in me

ㅣ

/i/

the ee in see

Words containing 미

  • 매미 — cicada

    매미

    cicada

  • 미소 — smile

    미소

    smile

  • 미국America
  • 미래future
  • 미모good looks
  • 미비deficiency

Syllables that sound the same

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

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Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 미?
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미 is romanized mi and read exactly as written.