Korean Language/Korean Alphabet

7. the Writing Order: Combined Vowels and doubled Consonants

-호랑이- 2022. 8. 16. 10:00

* Principle: ① From top to bottom  ② From left to right

 

the writing order of combined vowels

 

ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, and ㅉ, which represent tense sounds, are called 'doubled consonants(쌍자음)'. For example, ㄱ is referred to as '기역[gi-yuk]', and then its doubled consonant ㄲ as '쌍기역[ssang-gi-yuk]'. 

 

Just write a consonant ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, or ㅈ once more next to the basic one, then that's 쌍자음.

the writing order of doubled consonants

Let's practice with some easy words.

 

  • 새[sae]: bird
  • 얘기[yae-gi]: story. Short form of '이야기[i-yea-gi]'.
  • 세모[se-mo]: triangle
  • 예보[ye-bo]: forecast
  • 왕[wang]: king
  • 왜[wae]: why
  • 외국인[we-guk-in]: foreigner
  • 원[won]: won (Korean currency)
  • 웨딩[we-ding]: wedding (there are few Korean words that contain ㅞ.)
  • 위기[wi-gi]: emergency

 

  • 꼬마[kko-ma]: kid (more cute than '아이[a-i]')
  • 땅[ddang]: land
  • 빵[bbang]: bread (=Portuguese 'pão')  
  • 씨[ssi]: seed (similar to the pronunciation of 'si' in Italian)
  • 쪽[jjok]: page