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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Korean language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. It is based on the standard dialect of South Korea and may not represent some of the sounds in the North Korean dialect or in other dialects. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Korean phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Korean.

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Korean consonants
IPA Hangul Example English approximation
Hangul RR
b[1]ㅂ이불ibulball
βʷ[2][3]ㅎ오후ohuroughly like away
ç[4]ㅎ힘, 흉내him, hyungnaehuman
ɕ[5]ㅅ시루siruroughly like she
ɕ͈[5]ㅆ ㅅ씨, 국수ssi, guksuroughly like sure, tensed
d[1]ㄷ민들레mindeulledoll
dz[6]ㅈ나중najungbeds
dʑ[1]ㅈ [ㄷ이]아버지, 해돋이abeoji, haedojiroughly like jeans
ɸʷ[3]ㅎ [호] [후]활, 훗날hwal, hunnalroughly like phew
ɡ[1]ㄱ마개magaegall
ɣ[2][7]ㅎ마흔maheunagain, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth
hㅎ햇잎haenniphall
ɦ[2]ㅎ더하기deohagiRP behind
j[ㅛ, ㅠ,ㅑ,ㅕ,
ㅖ, ㅒ][8]
여울yeoulyou
ʝ[2][4]ㅎ감히gamhiroughly like you
kㄱ구이guisky
k̚ㄱ ㅋ[9]바지락bajiraklock
k͈ㄲ꿩, 젓갈kkwong, jeotgalskin, tensed
kʰㅋ [ㄱㅎ] [ㅎㄱ]코, 석회, 않기ko, seokhoe, angicup
ɭㄹ [ㄴ][10]알, 신라al, Sillahall
mㅁ [ㅂ][11]못, 압력mot, amnyeokmall
nㄴ
[ㄹ, ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ][12]
누리nurinot
ŋㅇ [ㄱ][13]가랑비, 먹물garangbi, meongmulking
pㅂ바다badaspa
p̚ㅂ ㅍ [14]부삽, 잎busap, ipclip
p͈ㅃ ㅂ뿔, 먹보ppul, meokbospit, tensed
pʰㅍ [ㅂㅎ] [ㅎㅂ]푸서리, 잡학puseori, japhakpaint
ɾㄹ [ㄹㅇ]여드레, 얼음yeodeure, eoreumScottish great or American atom
sʰㅅ수박subaklike see, but aspirated (with more breath)
s͈ㅆ쌀, 열쇠ssal, yeolsoesaw, tensed
tㄷ돌dolstar
t̚ㄷ, ㅌ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ[15]곧, 뭍, 옷, 젖, 낯got, mut, ot, jeot, natlet
t͈ㄸ ㄷ떡, 막대tteok, makdaestall, tensed
tʰㅌ [ㄷㅎ] [ㅎㄷ]구태여, 맞흥정, 닳다gutaeyeo, matheungjeong, daldatall
ts[6]ㅈ측정cheukjeongcats
ts͈[6]ㅉ짤림jjallimcats, tensed
tsʰ[6]ㅊ [ㅈㅎ] [ㅎㅈ]참새chamsaelet's have
tɕㅈ자투리jaturiroughly like patch
tɕ͈ㅉ돌쩌귀, 꺽지doljjeogwi, kkeokjiroughly like patch, tensed
tɕʰㅊ [ㄷ히] [ㅎㅈ]눈초리, 맞히다, 닳지nunchori, machida, daljiroughly like cheek
w[ㅙ, ㅞ][16]왜가리, 꿰맴질waegari, kkwemaemjilwall
x[7]ㅎ흙heukScottish loch
Korean vowels and diphthongs[17]
IPA Hangul Example English approximation
Hangul RR[18]
aㅏ하루haruGA lot
aː밤bamspa
ʌㅓ거울geoulConservative up
əː어른eoreunRP herd
ɛㅐ개구리gaeguribet
ɛː냇물naenmulGA bed
eㅔ메주mejurate
eː게장gejangraid
iㅢ[19]흰색huinsaekpeak
ㅣ피pi
iː실타래siltaraebead
oㅗ오늘oneulsort
oː모레moresword
øㅚ[16]쇠뇌soenoewait
øː왼손oensonweighed
uㅜ우물umulroot
uː둘dulrude
ɯㅡ버들beodeullike goose for some speakers
ɯː그림geurimlike cool for some speakers
ɰiㅢ[19]민주주의minjujuuilike we but unrounded (with relaxed lips)
yㅟ[16]귀엣말gwienmalsomewhat like sweet
yː쉰swinsomewhat like swede
Korean suprasegmentals
IPA ExampleDescription
◌ː 학꾜 [hakkjo]Geminated consonant[20]
. 김치 [kim.chi]Syllable break
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