How do you pronounce ㅟ?

ㅟ is /y/, also pronounced [wi]. In English terms it is the French u in tu; the standard also allows the wee of week. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.

How many strokes does ㅟ have?

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

ㅟ

Korean vowel · /y/, also pronounced [wi]

ㅟ is /y/, also pronounced [wi] — the French u in tu; the standard also allows the wee of week. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 4 of which have audio you can play here.

10 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain ㅟ — 7% of the bar the most common letter would fill.

Stroke order — 3 strokes. The numbers mark where each stroke starts.

Name	위
Sound	/y/, also pronounced [wi]
Romanized	wi
Hear it	Recorded by a native Korean speaker

ㅟ in the syllable chart

4 of 19 cells have audio — 4 with their own recording, 0 borrowing one from an identically pronounced syllable. 15 have none yet.

귀gwi

뀌kkwi

뉘nwi

뒤dwi

뛰ttwi

뤼rwi

뮈mwi

뷔bwi

쀠ppwi

쉬swi

쒸sswi

위wi

쥐jwi

쮜jjwi

취chwi

퀴kwi

튀twi

퓌pwi

휘hwi

Words that use ㅟ

귀
ear
뒤
back
위
stomach
쥐
mouse

쉬어요rest
쉬워요easy
더위heat
추위cold weather

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce ㅟ?: ㅟ is /y/, also pronounced [wi]. In English terms it is the French u in tu; the standard also allows the wee of week. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
How many strokes does ㅟ have?: 3. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.