How do you pronounce ㅗ?

ㅗ is /o/. In English terms it is the o in more, with rounded lips and no glide. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.

How many strokes does ㅗ have?

2. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.

ㅗ

Korean vowel · /o/

ㅗ is /o/ — the o in more, with rounded lips and no glide. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 19 of which have audio you can play here. 82 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain it.

Stroke order — 2 strokes

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

ㅗ in the syllable chart

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

고go

꼬kko

노no

도do

또tto

로ro

모mo

보bo

뽀ppo

소so

쏘sso

오o

조jo

쪼jjo

초cho

코ko

토to

포po

호ho

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 ㅗ

고기meat
고도altitude
고모aunt (father's sister)
고부in-law relationship
고삐bridle
피고defendant
꼬마little one
궤도orbit

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce ㅗ?: ㅗ is /o/. In English terms it is the o in more, with rounded lips and no glide. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
How many strokes does ㅗ have?: 2. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.