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.
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.