KOREAN NAMES OF HANGEUL CONSONANTS

Korean consonants, apart from the sounds they make, unlike English consonants, also have names they bear. It is also important to know the names of these consonants we have studied and not just the sounds they make.

CONSONANT	KOREAN NAME
ㄱ	Kiyok  pronounced /Kiyeoku/
ㄴ	Niun  pronounced /Niunu/
ㄷ	Digut pronounced /Digutu/
ㄹ	Liul  pronounced /Liulu/
ㅁ	Mium  pronounced  /Miumu/
ㅂ	Piup  pronounced  /Piupu/
ㅅ	Siot  pronounced /Sieotsu/
ㅇ	Iung  pronounced /Iungu/
ㅈ	Jiut pronounced /Jiutu/
ㅊ	ch’iut pronounced /Chiutu/
ㅋ	K’iuk  pronounced  /Kiuku/
ㅌ	t’iut  pronounced  /tiutu/
ㅍ	p’iup  pronounced /piupu/
ㅎ	Hiut  pronounced /Hiutu/
ㄲ	Ssang kiyok  pronounced /ssang Kiyeoku/
ㄸ	Ssang digeut  pronounced /ssang digeutu/
ㅃ	Ssang piup  pronounced /ssang piupu/
ㅆ	Ssang siot  pronounced /ssang shiotsu/
ㅉ	Ssang jiut pronounced  /ssang jiutu/