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푸

푸 — pu

푸 is ㅍ plus ㅜ, romanized pu 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

ㅍㅜ=푸
ㅍ + ㅜ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㅍ (pieup)

/pʰ/

the p in pot, with a strong puff of air

ㅜ

/u/

the oo in moon

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅍ)

Same vowel (ㅜ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 푸?
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푸 is romanized pu and read exactly as written.
Is 푸 used in real Korean words?
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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.