Korean letter ㅎ (hieut)
- Name
- 히읗 hieut
- Sound
- h at the start · t at the end
- Type
- Basic consonant #14 of 40
ㅎ is often weakened or silent between vowels in fast speech (좋아요 sounds like 조아요).
In a syllable: 해=ㅎ+ㅐ
ㅎ at the start of a syllable
Sounds “h”.
- 해 hae sun/year
- 흙 heulk soil/earth
- 화 hwa anger
- 하늘 haneul sky
- 현금 hyeongeum cash
- 할인 harin discount
- 학교 hakgyo school
- 하다 hada to do
ㅎ at the end of a syllable
As a final consonant (batchim) it sounds “t”.
- 좋다 jota to be good
- 어떻게 eotteoke how
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