The Korean alphabet: 19 consonants and 21 vowels that click together into syllable blocks. All 40 characters, group by group, with your progress saved in the browser.
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Basic consonants 10/7 mastered
A letter is mastered after 2 correct answers (a wrong answer resets it). Progress is saved in your browser.
Reading Hangul is step one. Step two is real Korean sentences with native audio and spaced repetition: that is exactly what Hyperpolyglot does.
Start learning free →Every character with its sound, group by group: your cheat sheet while the quiz does the memorizing.
| ㄱg/k | ㄴn | ㄷd/t | ㄹr/l | ㅁm |
| ㅂb/p | ㅅs |
| ㅇng / silent | ㅈj | ㅊch | ㅋk | ㅌt |
| ㅍp | ㅎh |
| ㄲkk | ㄸtt | ㅃpp | ㅆss | ㅉjj |
| ㅏa | ㅑya | ㅓeo | ㅕyeo | ㅗo |
| ㅛyo | ㅜu | ㅠyu | ㅡeu | ㅣi |
| ㅐae | ㅒyae | ㅔe | ㅖye | ㅘwa |
| ㅙwae | ㅚoe | ㅝwo | ㅞwe | ㅟwi |
| ㅢui |
Can I really learn hangul in a weekend?
Yes: hangul is a designed alphabet with 40 building blocks, and the consonant shapes mimic your mouth position. Most learners read slowly after a day and comfortably within a week.
How do jamo combine into syllables?
Each Korean syllable is a block of 2 or 3 jamo: consonant + vowel, optionally + final consonant. Once you know the jamo in this quiz, you can read any block by assembling the parts.
What does the circle jamo do?
At the start of a syllable it is silent, acting as a placeholder before a vowel. At the end of a syllable it sounds ng, as in ring.
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