Korean letter ㅋ (kieuk)
- Name
- 키읔 kieuk
- Sound
- k
- Type
- Basic consonant #11 of 40
Consonants never stand alone: they sit at the start of a syllable block, and many can also close it as a final consonant (batchim).
In a syllable: 코=ㅋ+ㅗ
ㅋ at the start of a syllable
Sounds “k”.
- 코 ko nose
- 커피 keopi coffee
- 크다 keuda to be big
- 컴퓨터 keompyuteo computer
- 커피숍 keopisyop coffee shop
- 스케줄 seukejul schedule
- 신용카드 sinyongkadeu credit card
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