Chapter 5

More Consonants

In addition to the core consonants, Korean also has aspirated and tense consonants such as ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅊ and ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ.


Aspirated (격음)

LetterPhoneticPair
ㄱ ↔ ㅋ
ㄷ ↔ ㅌ
ㅂ ↔ ㅍ
chʰㅈ ↔ ㅊ

Tense (쌍자음)

LetterPhoneticPair
kkㄱ ↔ ㄲ
ttㄷ ↔ ㄸ
ppㅂ ↔ ㅃ
ssㅅ ↔ ㅆ
jjㅈ ↔ ㅉ

Goal: recognize these letters early so beginner reading doesn't feel incomplete.