How do you pronounce ㅘ?

ㅘ is /wa/. In English terms it is the wa in wand. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.

How many strokes does ㅘ have?

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

ㅘ

Korean vowel · /wa/

ㅘ is /wa/ — the wa in wand. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 1 of which have audio you can play here. 17 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain it.

Stroke order — 4 strokes

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

ㅘ in the syllable chart

1 cells have their own recording, 0 borrow one from an identically pronounced syllable, and 18 have none yet.

과gwa

꽈kkwa

놔nwa

돠dwa

똬ttwa

롸rwa

뫄mwa

봐bwa

뽜ppwa

솨swa

쏴sswa

와wa

좌jwa

쫘jjwa

촤chwa

콰kwa

톼twa

퐈pwa

화hwa

Words that use ㅘ

결과result
과묵taciturn
과일fruit
과자snack
과정process
과학자scientist
봐요watch
와요come

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce ㅘ?: ㅘ is /wa/. In English terms it is the wa in wand. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
How many strokes does ㅘ have?: 4. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.