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.

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 it.

Stroke order — 2 strokes

Name	아
Sound	/a/
Romanized	a
Hear it	Recorded by a native Korean speaker

ㅏ in the syllable chart

19 cells have their own recording, 0 borrow one from an identically pronounced syllable, and 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

가루powder
가방bag
가수singer
가요go
가족family
휴가vacation
가까워요close
나라country

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.