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Korean
Characters
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Understanding Korean "Hangul" Characters
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This is the word Hapkido. It's made up of three groupings of characters. Each grouping makes up a syllable. "Hap," "Ki" and "Do." |
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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. |
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This is the character for the "h" sound. It's in the first position. |
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This is the character for the "a" sound. It's in the middle position. |
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This is the character for the "p" sound. It's in the end position. |
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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
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