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뽀

뽀 — ppo

뽀 is ㅃ plus ㅗ, romanized ppo 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

ㅃㅗ=뽀
ㅃ + ㅗ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㅃ (ssangbieup)

/p͈/

a tense, unaspirated p — like the p in spy

ㅗ

/o/

the o in more, with rounded lips and no glide

Words containing 뽀

  • 뽀뽀 — kiss

    뽀뽀

    kiss

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅃ)

Same vowel (ㅗ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 뽀?
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뽀 is romanized ppo and read exactly as written.