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sya

is plus , romanized sya 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

(siot)

/s/, [ɕ] before i and y-vowels

the s in sea; closer to sh before ㅣ and ㅑ ㅕ ㅛ ㅠ

/ja/

the ya in yard

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant ()

Same vowel ()

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 샤?
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샤 is romanized sya and read exactly as written.
Is 샤 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.