ㅏ
Korean vowel · /a/
ㅏ is /a/ — the a in father. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 19 of which have audio you can play here.
136 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain ㅏ — 94% of the bar the most common letter would fill.
| Name | 아 |
|---|---|
| Sound | /a/ |
| Romanized | a |
| Hear it | Recorded by a native Korean speaker |
ㅏ in the syllable chart
19 of 19 cells have audio — 19 with their own recording, 0 borrowing one from an identically pronounced syllable. 0 have none yet.
Words that use ㅏ

가방
bag

가수
singer

휴가
vacation

나라
country
- 가루powder
- 가요go
- 가족family
- 가까워요close
Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce ㅏ? +
- ㅏ is /a/. In English terms it is the a in father. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
- How many strokes does ㅏ have? +
- 2. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.