Korean letter ㅣ (i)
- Sound
- i
- Type
- Basic vowel #29 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: 입=ㅇ+ㅣ+ㅂ
Words with ㅣ
Sounds “i”. The highlighted syllable contains ㅣ.
- 입 ip mouth
- 길 gil road/way
- 신 sin shoes/god
- 집 jip house/home
- 일 il one/1
- 이 i two/2
- 비 bi rain
- 시계 sigye watch/clock
- 이것 igeot this
- 이름 ireum name
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