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Syllable Structure | Consonants | Vowels | Go Server Vocabulary
Since the mid-fifteenth century, Korean has been written phonetically using a syllabic script known as "Hangul". Each syllable is made up of "letters" – an initial consonant, a vowel which may be a diphthong, and none, one or two final consonants. Within a syllable, the letters are read from left to right and from top to bottom.
For instance, The word "baduk" is written 바둑. This is composed of two syllables, 바 and 둑.
바 is made up of a consonant and a vowel, ㅂ and
ㅏ, reading across.
둑 is made up of a consonant, a vowel and a consonant,
ㄷ, ㅜ and ㄱ, reading downwards.
Consonants | |||||||
basic form | voiced form | aspirated form |
|||||
| ㄱ | k | ㄲ | g | ㅋ | kh | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ㄷ | t,d,t | ㄸ | d | ㅌ | t | ||
| ㅂ | p,b,p | ㅃ | b | ㅍ | p | ||
| ㅈ | ch,j,t | ㅉ | j,j,t | ㅊ | ch,ch,t | ||
| ㅅ | sh,sh,t | ㅆ | s,s,t | ||||
| ㄹ | r,r,l | ||||||
| ㄴ | n | ||||||
| ㅁ | m | ||||||
| ㅇ | -,-,ng | ||||||
| ㅎ | h,h,- | ||||||
Vowels | |||||||
basic form | with Y- | with W- | |||||
| ㅣ | ee | ㅟ | wee | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ㅚ | wail | ||||||
| ㅏ | ah | ㅑ | yah | ㅘ | wah | ||
| ㅓ | up | ㅕ | yuh | ㅝ | wu | ||
| ㅐ | cat | ㅒ | ya | ㅙ | wa | ||
| ㅔ | let | ㅖ | yeh | ㅞ | wet | ||
| ㅡ | book | ||||||
| ㅗ | toe | ㅛ | yoh | ||||
| ㅜ | moon | ㅠ | yoo | ||||
| ㅢ | ui | ||||||
Here are some words which you may find helpful in using Korean Go Servers.
| go, baduk | 바둑 |
|---|---|
| member | 회원 |
| admission | 가입 하기 |
| free | 무료 |
| register | 등록 |
| alien register | 외국인 등록 |
| accept | 수락하다 |
| reject | 거부하다 |
| England, Britain | 영국 |
| USA | 미국 |
| log in | 로그인 |
| beginner | 초보 |
| intermediate | 중간의 |
| advanced | 고수 |
| game | 게임 |
| English | 영어 |
| Thank you | 감사합니다 |
| Thank you | 고맙습니다 |
| undo | 무르기 |
| score | 집계산 |
| resign | 기권 |
| another game | 한판 더 |
| exit | 나가기 |
| move sequence | 수순보기 |
| refresh | 새로읽기 |
| review | 복기 |
| stone-sound on/off | 소리끄기 |
| help | 도움말 |
When Hangul syllables are stored on a computer, each syllable is represented by two bytes. 쀑 takes up as much space as ㅡ.
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Last updated: 2006-09-29.