르 — reu
르 is ㄹ plus ㅡ, romanized reu 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
The two letters
ㄹ (rieul)
/ɾ/ before a vowel, [l] in final position
the tapped r of Spanish pero when a vowel follows; an l at the end of a syllable
Nearby in the chart
Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce 르? +
- 르 is romanized reu and read exactly as written.
- Is 르 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.