Korean letter ㅏ (a)
- Sound
- a
- Type
- Basic vowel #20 of 40
A vowel always needs a consonant slot before it: when a syllable starts with the vowel sound, the silent ㅇ fills that place (ㅏ → 아).
In a syllable: 발=ㅂ+ㅏ+ㄹ
Words with ㅏ
Sounds “a”. The highlighted syllable contains ㅏ.
- 발 bal foot
- 달 dal moon/month
- 강 gang river
- 산 san mountain
- 말 mal horse/speech
- 방 bang room
- 빵 ppang bread
- 땀 ttam sweat
- 안 an inside
- 밖 bak outside
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