ㅕ
Korean vowel · /jʌ/
ㅕ is /jʌ/ — the yu in yummy, with the vowel of but. It appears in 19 cells of the syllable chart, 6 of which have audio you can play here.
13 of the 568 words in the dictionary behind this site contain ㅕ — 9% of the bar the most common letter would fill.
| Name | 여 |
|---|---|
| Sound | /jʌ/ |
| Romanized | yeo |
| Hear it | Recorded by a native Korean speaker |
ㅕ in the syllable chart
6 of 19 cells have audio — 4 with their own recording, 2 borrowing one from an identically pronounced syllable. 13 have none yet.
Where the reading differs from the spelling
- 져 is read [저] and romanized jeo.
- 쪄 is read [쩌] and romanized jjeo.
- 쳐 is read [처] and romanized cheo.
See the articles that decide this.
Words that use ㅕ
- 남녀men and women
- 걸려요take time
- 기다려요wait
- 어려워요difficult
- 며칠what date
- 마셔요drink
- 여권passport
- 여기here
Questions people ask
- How do you pronounce ㅕ? +
- ㅕ is /jʌ/. In English terms it is the yu in yummy, with the vowel of but. It never appears on its own in writing — it always sits inside a syllable block with a consonant.
- How many strokes does ㅕ have? +
- 3. They are written top to bottom and left to right, the same order used for every Korean letter.
- Why is 져 not read the way it is written? +
- 져 is pronounced [저]. 3 of the cells in this set read differently from how they are written. The rules page quotes the article that decides it.
- Why do some ㅕ cells play a different syllable? +
- 2 of them do. The standard defines those syllables as having the same pronunciation as another one, so rather than play nothing the cell plays that syllable's recording. Each cell names which one it borrows.