Korean Romanization/Phonetics Chart

1 Korean Romanization/Phonetics Chart Created by: The Korean , Copyright June 2007. Disclaimer: This Chart is not professionally made. The creator of this Chart is merely an interested amateur, and the function of this Chart is to serve only as a casual reference for other interested amateurs. Despite the creator s best efforts, some of the information contained may be incomplete or incorrect. Please do not rely on this Chart as a professional learning or translating tool. *For consonants, first signifies how the consonant is Romanized before the verb, and second signifies how the consonant is Romanized after the verb.

2 Consonants Korean Character Romanized as Closest Sound in english As Be careful g (first) k (second) g (Gate) miGuK ( America ) Never like Giraffe n n Namja ( man ) d (first) t (second) d Dalgyal ( egg ) daTda ( to close ) r (first) l (second) l saRam ( person ) giL ( road ) Sound is between l and r m m Miguk b (first) p (second) b BaP ( meal , steamed rice ) S (first) t (second) s (Snake) Saram ( person )

3 JiTda ( to build ) Weak S in first position. (not as in Soon or Sin ) Same pronunciation as in the second position. omitted (first) ng (second) ng (soNG) __yeoNGguaNG ( glory , honor ) Silent in first position. j (first) t (second) j (Jam) Jigu ( earth ) maTda ( to be correct ) Same pronunciation as in the second position. ch (first) t (second) ch ( Chart ) CHungbun ( enough ) kkoT ( flower ) Same pronunciation as in the second position.

4 K k (King) Keuda ( big ) bu eoK ( kitchen ) Same pronunciation as in the second position. t t (Tank) Taeyang ( sun ) gaTda ( same ) Same pronunciation as in the second position. p p (Pea) Pi ( blood ) gaPda ( to repay ) Same pronunciation as in the second position. Consonants (continued) Korean Character Romanized as Closest Sound in english As Be careful t h (House) Hada ( to do ) daTda ( to reach ) Same pronunciation as in the second position.

5 Kk (first) k (second) no example KKada ( to peel ) kkaKda ( to lower ) Same pronunciation as c in Spanish. ( Cada each in Spanish) Same pronunciation as in the second position. tt no example TTe ( herd , pack ) Same pronunciation as t in Spanish. ( Tener to have in Spanish) pp no example PPaeda ( to subtract ) Same pronunciation as p in Spanish.

6 ( Poner to put in Spanish) ss t s (Soon) SSi at ( seed ) haeTda ( did ) Contrast with , the weak s Same pronunciation as in the second position. jj no example JJada ( to be salty ) Same pronunciation as j in Romanized Chinese. In other words, good luck. Vowels Korean Character Romanized as Closest Sound in english As Be careful a ah (Avocado) sArAm ( person ) Never like cAt or mAke ya yah (YArd) dalgYAl ( egg ) Like ia said quickly eo o or u (sOn, sUn, tOUgh) dEOpda ( to cover )

7 Yeo no example annYEOng ( hello ) Add an i sound in front of eo sound, and read it quickly. o o (avOcado) bOda ( see ) Not ou like bOth yo yoh gYOsil ( classroom ) Not yo-u like YOdel u oo (sOOn) chUngbUn ( enough )

8 Not yu like Use , or eo like sUn yu yoo (you) uYU ( milk ) eu e (squeezE) kEUda ( big ) Not yu like Use i i (sIng) mIguk Never ai like Ice.

9 Ae a (cAt) ppAEda ( to subtract ) Not ai like Ice or ei like mAke yae YAng , read like sang YAEgi (story) Not yai or yay e e (Extra) ttE ( herd , pack ) Not i ye ye (YEs) YEjeol ( manner ) Distinguish from yae wa wa (WAtch) WAngja ( prince ) wo wo (WOrry) WOllae ( originally )

10 Ui UIbok ( clothes ) Sound eu first, quickly followed by i wi we (qUIz) gWIsin ( ghost ) oe gOEmul ( monster ) ue ue (qUEst) hUEson ( damage ) Not yu like dUE wae ?