How do you pronounce 예?

예 is romanized ye and read exactly as written.

예

예 — ye

예 is ㅇ plus ㅖ, romanized ye and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: common — it appears at or above the median frequency in the teaching material behind this site. 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 + ㅖ — 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

ㅖ

/je/

the ye in yes

Words containing 예

예물betrothal gift
예시example
예약reservation
예의courtesy
예절etiquette
예측prediction

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅇ)

Same vowel (ㅖ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 예?: 예 is romanized ye and read exactly as written.