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Understanding Korean "Hangul" Characters

This is the word Hapkido. It's made up of three groupings of characters. Each grouping makes up a syllable. "Hap," "Ki" and "Do."

 

This is the grouping for "Hap." It's made up of three characters, which together makes the syllable.
The characters are arranged in a clockwise pattern starting from the upper left.
 
This is the character for the "h" sound. It's in the first position.
   
This is the character for the "a" sound. It's in the middle position.
   
This is the character for the "p" sound. It's in the end position.

 

There are some characters in the Korean language that change their pronunciation depending on where they are in a word. For example, the "p" in Hapkido is pronounced like "p" because it is followed by a consonant. If it were followed by a vowel, it would be pronounced like "b" as in Habanero peppers.

Special thanks to J. David Eisenberg

 

Other Links that will help

An Introduction to Korean by J. David Eisenberg

Korean Online Dictionaries


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