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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.

Stroke order — 2 strokes. The numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Name아
Sound/a/
Romanizeda
Hear itRecorded 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.

가ga
까kka
나na
다da
따tta
라ra
마ma
바ba
빠ppa
사sa
싸ssa
아a
자ja
짜jja
차cha
카ka
타ta
파pa
하ha

Words that use ㅏ

  • 가방 — bag

    가방

    bag

  • 가수 — singer

    가수

    singer

  • 휴가 — vacation

    휴가

    vacation

  • 나라 — country

    나라

    country

  • 가루powder
  • 가요go
  • 가족family
  • 가까워요close

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce ㅏ?
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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?
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2. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.