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태

태 — tae

태 is ㅌ plus ㅐ, romanized tae 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

ㅌㅐ=태
ㅌ + ㅐ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅌ (tieut)

/tʰ/

the t in top, with a strong puff of air

ㅐ

/ɛ/

the e in bed — more open than ㅔ

Words containing 태

  • 태아fetus
  • 해태haetae

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅌ)

Same vowel (ㅐ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 태?
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태 is romanized tae and read exactly as written.