How do you pronounce 얘?

얘 is romanized yae and read exactly as written.

Is 얘 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.

얘

얘 — yae

얘 is ㅇ plus ㅒ, romanized yae 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

ㅇ + ㅒ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅇ (ieung)

silent before a vowel, /ŋ/ in final position

no sound at the start of a syllable; the ng in sing at the end

ㅒ

/jɛ/

the ye in yes, with a more open vowel than ㅖ

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅇ)

Same vowel (ㅒ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 얘?: 얘 is romanized yae and read exactly as written.
Is 얘 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.