How do you pronounce ㅣ?

ㅣ is /i/. In English terms it is the ee in see. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.

How many strokes does ㅣ have?

1. It is written in a single movement.

ㅣ

Korean vowel · /i/

ㅣ is /i/ — the ee in see. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 19 of which have audio you can play here. 144 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain it.

Stroke order — 1 stroke

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

ㅣ in the syllable chart

19 cells have their own recording, 0 borrow one from an identically pronounced syllable, and 0 have none yet.

기gi

끼kki

니ni

디di

띠tti

리ri

미mi

비bi

삐ppi

시si

씨ssi

이i

지ji

찌jji

치chi

키ki

티ti

피pi

히hi

Words that use ㅣ

거기there near you
고기meat
기대expectation
기도prayer
기차train
기타guitar
도끼axe
토끼rabbit

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce ㅣ?: ㅣ is /i/. In English terms it is the ee in see. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
How many strokes does ㅣ have?: 1. It is written in a single movement.