How do you pronounce 떠?

떠 is romanized tteo and read exactly as written.

Is 떠 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.

떠

떠 — tteo

떠 is ㄸ plus ㅓ, romanized tteo 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

ㄸ + ㅓ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㄸ (ssangdigeut)

/t͈/

a tense, unaspirated t — like the t in sty

ㅓ

/ʌ/

the u in but

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄸ)

Same vowel (ㅓ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 떠?: 떠 is romanized tteo and read exactly as written.
Is 떠 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.