Korean letter ㅓ (eo)
- Sound
- eo
- Type
- Basic vowel #22 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: 너=ㄴ+ㅓ
Words with ㅓ
Sounds “eo”. The highlighted syllable contains ㅓ.
- 너 neo you
- 저 jeo I (humble)
- 커피 keopi coffee
- 선물 seonmul gift
- 저것 jeogeot that
- 저기 jeogi there
- 어디 eodi where
- 먹다 meokda to eat
- 적다 jeokda to be few
- 덥다 deopda hot
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