ㅓ
Korean vowel · /ʌ/
ㅓ is /ʌ/ — the u in but. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 19 of which have audio you can play here. 54 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain it.
| Name | 어 |
|---|---|
| Sound | /ʌ/ |
| Romanized | eo |
| Hear it | Recorded by a native Korean speaker |
ㅓ in the syllable chart
19 cells have their own recording, 0 borrow one from an identically pronounced syllable, and 0 have none yet.
Letters it gets confused with
ㅓ · ㅗ
ㅓ is unrounded [ʌ], like the u in but. ㅗ is rounded [o]. English speakers often merge them because both can sound like an o to an untrained ear.
Words that use ㅓ
- 거기there near you
- 거부refusal
- 자전거bicycle
- 너무too much
- 더위heat
- 두더지mole
- 그러면then
- 어머니mother
Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce ㅓ? +
- ㅓ is /ʌ/. In English terms it is the u in but. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
- How many strokes does ㅓ have? +
- 2. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.