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ㅝ

Korean vowel · /wʌ/

ㅝ is /wʌ/ — the wo in wonder. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 2 of which have audio you can play here.

9 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain ㅝ — 6% of the bar the most common letter would fill.

Stroke order — 4 strokes. The numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Name워
Sound/wʌ/
Romanizedwo
Hear itRecorded by a native Korean speaker

ㅝ in the syllable chart

2 of 19 cells have audio — 2 with their own recording, 0 borrowing one from an identically pronounced syllable. 17 have none yet.

궈gwo
꿔kkwo
눠nwo
둬dwo
뚸ttwo
뤄rwo
뭐mwo
붜bwo
뿨ppwo
숴swo
쒀sswo
워wo
줘jwo
쭤jjwo
춰chwo
쿼kwo
퉈two
풔pwo
훠hwo

Words that use ㅝ

  • 뭐what
  • 매워요spicy
  • 배워요learn
  • 쉬워요easy
  • 가까워요close
  • 반가워요glad to see you
  • 어려워요difficult
  • 줘요give

Questions people ask

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