ㅡ
Korean vowel · /ɯ/
ㅡ is /ɯ/ — no close English match — the oo of moon with lips spread flat. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 19 of which have audio you can play here.
18 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain ㅡ — 13% of the bar the most common letter would fill.
| Name | 으 |
|---|---|
| Sound | /ɯ/ |
| Romanized | eu |
| Hear it | Recorded by a native Korean speaker |
ㅡ 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.
Letters it gets confused with
- /ɯ/
- /u/
Both are high back vowels, but ㅜ is rounded and ㅡ is not. For ㅡ, say the oo of moon and then spread your lips flat.
Words that use ㅡ
- 그것that
- 그때that time
- 그래서so
- 그러면then
- 그런데by the way
- 그리고and
- 끄트머리tip
- 카드card
Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce ㅡ? +
- ㅡ is /ɯ/. In English terms it is no close English match — the oo of moon with lips spread flat. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
- How many strokes does ㅡ have? +
- 1. It is written in a single movement.