KoreanRead
띠

띠 — tti

띠 is ㄸ plus ㅣ, romanized tti 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

ㄸㅣ=띠
ㄸ + ㅣ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㄸ (ssangdigeut)

/t͈/

a tense, unaspirated t — like the t in sty

ㅣ

/i/

the ee in see

Syllables that sound the same

The standard gives these the same reading as 띠, even though they are spelled differently.

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄸ)

Same vowel (ㅣ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 띠?
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띠 is romanized tti and read exactly as written.
Is 띠 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.