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The following tables of [[consonants]] and [[vowels]] (''jamo'') of the [[Korean alphabet]] (''[[Hangul]]'') display (in blue) the basic forms in the first row and their derivatives in the following row(s). They are divided into initials (leading consonants), vowels (middle), and finals tables (trailing consonants).

The ''jamo'' shown below are individually [[romanized]] according to the [[Revised Romanization of Hangeul]] (''RR Transliteration''), which is a system of [[transliteration]] rules between the Korean and [[Latin script|Roman]] alphabets, originating from [[South Korea]]. However, the tables below are not sufficient for normal [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]] of the [[Korean language]] as the overarching ''Revised Romanization of Korean'' system takes [[Revised Romanization of Korean#Special provisions|contextual sound changes]] into account.

== Leading consonants ==
Called ''choseong'', or "initials", there are 19 initial consonants, whereof one (ㅇ) is silent, and five (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ) are doubled:
{|class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.6;text-align:center"
|- style="background:#E8E8FF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Basic jamo
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㄱ || lang="ko" | ㄴ || lang="ko" | ㄷ || lang="ko" | ㄹ || lang="ko" | ㅁ || lang="ko" | ㅂ || lang="ko" | ㅅ || lang="ko" | ㅇ || lang="ko" | ㅈ || lang="ko" | ㅊ || lang="ko" | ㅋ || lang="ko" | ㅌ || lang="ko" | ㅍ || lang="ko" | ㅎ
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| g/k || n || d || r/l || m || b || s || -/ng || j || ch || k || t || p || h
|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Composite
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㄲ || || lang="ko" | ㄸ || || || lang="ko" | ㅃ || lang="ko" | ㅆ || || lang="ko" | ㅉ || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| gg/kk || || tt || || || bb/pp || ss || || jj || || || || ||
|}

== Medial vowels ==
Called ''jungseong'', or "vowels", there are 21 medial vowels:
{|class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.6;text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"|
!scope="col" colspan="7"| Basic form
! colspan="3" scope="col" | +e/i
|- style="background:#E8E8FF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Basic jamo
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㅏ || lang="ko" | ㅓ || lang="ko" | ㅗ || lang="ko" | ㅜ || lang="ko" | ㅡ || lang="ko" colspan=2 | ㅣ
| lang="ko" | ㅐ || lang="ko" | ㅔ || lang="ko" | ㅢ
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| a || eo || o || u || eu || colspan=2 | i
| ae || e || ui
|- style="background:#E8E8FF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | y+
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㅑ || lang="ko" | ㅕ || lang="ko" | ㅛ || lang="ko" | ㅠ || || colspan=2 |
| lang="ko" | ㅒ || lang="ko" | ㅖ ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| ya || yeo|| yo || yu || || colspan=2 |
| yae || ye ||
|- style="background:#E8E8FF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | w+
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㅘ || lang="ko" | ㅝ || || || || ㅚ || ㅟ
| lang="ko" | ㅙ || lang="ko" | ㅞ ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| wa || wo || || || || oe || wi
| wae || we ||
|}

== Trailing consonants ==
Called ''jongseong'', or "finals", there are 27 final consonants; with the additional case of ''no final consonant'', there is a total of 28 possibilities:
{|class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.6;text-align:center"
|- style="background:#E8E8FF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Basic jamo
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㄱ || lang="ko" | ㄴ || lang="ko" | ㄷ || lang="ko" | ㄹ || lang="ko" | ㅁ || lang="ko" | ㅂ || lang="ko" | ㅅ || lang="ko" | ㅇ || lang="ko" | ㅈ || lang="ko" | ㅊ || lang="ko" | ㅋ || lang="ko" | ㅌ || lang="ko" | ㅍ || lang="ko" | ㅎ
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| g || n || d || r/l|| m || b || s || ng || j || ch || k || t || p || h

|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="16" | Composite
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㄲ || lang="ko" | ㄵ || || lang="ko" | ㄺ || || lang="ko" | ㅄ || lang="ko" | ㅆ || || || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| kk || nj || || lg || || bs || ss || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| lang="ko" | ㄳ || lang="ko" | ㄶ || || lang="ko" | ㄻ || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| gs || nh || || lm || || || || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| || || || lang="ko" | ㄼ || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| || || || lb || || || || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| || || || lang="ko" | ㄽ || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| || || || ls || || || || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| || || || lang="ko" | ㄾ || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| || || || lt || || || || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| || || || lang="ko" | ㄿ || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| || || || lp || || || || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#EEF"
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Hangul
| || || || lang="ko" | ㅀ || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Roman
| || || || lh || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

== Collation ==
Several [[collation]] sequences are used to order words (like [[Alphabetical order|alphabetical sorting]]). The North and South differ on (a) the treatment of composite jamo consonants in syllable-leading (''choseong'') and -trailing (''jongseong'') position, and (b) on the treatment of composite jamo vowels in syllable-medial (''jungseong'') position.

This first sequence is official in South Korea (and is the basic binary order of codepoints in Unicode):

{|class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.6"
|+ South Korean collation
|-
!scope="row"| Principle
| Sort every composite jamo grouped after their leading single jamo
|-
!scope="row"| Initial consonants
|lang="ko" style="font-size:150%;padding:.2em"|
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄱ ㄲ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄴ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄷ ㄸ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄹ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅁ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅂ ㅃ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅅ ㅆ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅇ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅈ ㅉ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅊ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅋ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅌ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅍ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅎ</span>
|-
!scope="row"| Vowels
|lang="ko" style="font-size:150%;padding:.2em"|
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅏ ㅐ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅑ ㅒ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅓ ㅔ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅕ ㅖ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅛ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅠ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅡ ㅢ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅣ</span>
|-
!scope="row"| Final consonants
|lang="ko" style="font-size:150%;padding:.2em"|
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄱ ㄲ ㄳ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄴ ㄵ ㄶ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄷ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄹ ㄺ ㄻ ㄼ ㄽ ㄾ ㄿ ㅀ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅁ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅂ ㅄ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅅ ㅆ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅇ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅈ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅊ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅋ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅌ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅍ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅎ</span>
|}
Sequences of this second type are common in North Korea:
{|class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.6"
|+ North Korean collation
|-
!scope="row"| Principle
| Initial consonants: All single jamo (except ''ieung'' ㅇ) before all doubled jamo; ''ieung'' after the doubled jamo<br />Vowels: All single jamo before all composite jamo; for composite jamo, all digraphs before all trigraphs; for digraphs, the ones ending in ㅣ precede others.<br />Final consonants: Doubled jamo after single and composite jamo
|-
!scope="row"| Initial consonants
|lang="ko" style="font-size:150%"|
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅇ</span>
|-
!scope="row"| Vowels
|lang="ko" style="font-size:150%"|
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅐ ㅒ ㅔ ㅖ ㅚ ㅟ ㅢ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅘ ㅝ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㅙ ㅞ</span>
|-
!scope="row"| Final consonants
|lang="ko" style="font-size:150%"|
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄱ ㄳ ㄴ ㄵ ㄶ ㄷ ㄹ ㄺ ㄻ ㄼ ㄽ ㄾ ㄿ ㅀ ㅁ ㅂ ㅄ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ</span>
<span style="margin:.1em;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:.1em">ㄲ ㅆ</span>
|}

== Letter names ==
=== Consonants ===
<!-- Variants are given in brackets. -->
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2" scope="col"| Consonant
!colspan="2" scope="col"| South Korean name
|-
!scope="col" style="font-weight:normal"| Hangul !!scope="col" style="font-weight:normal"| Romanized
!scope="col" style="font-weight:normal"| Hangul !!scope="col" style="font-weight:normal"| Romanized
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㄱ}} || g
| {{lang|ko|기역}} || giyeok
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㄲ}} || kk
| {{lang|ko|쌍기역}} || ssanggiyeok
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㄴ}} || n
| {{lang|ko|니은}} || nieun
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㄷ}} || d
| {{lang|ko|디귿}} || digeut
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㄸ}} || tt
| {{lang|ko|쌍디귿}} || ssangdigeut
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㄹ}} || r, l
| {{lang|ko|리을}} || rieul
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅁ}} || m
| {{lang|ko|미음}} || mieum
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅂ}} || b
| {{lang|ko|비읍}} || bieup
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅃ}} || pp
| {{lang|ko|쌍비읍}} || ssangbieup
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅅ}} || s
| {{lang|ko|시옷}} || siot
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅆ}} || ss
| {{lang|ko|쌍시옷}} || ssangsiot
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅇ}} || -, -ng
| {{lang|ko|이응}} || ieung
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅈ}} || j
| {{lang|ko|지읒}} || jieut
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅉ}} || jj
| {{lang|ko|쌍지읒}} || ssangjieut
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅊ}} || ch
| {{lang|ko|치읓}} || chieut
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅋ}} || k
| {{lang|ko|키읔}} || kieuk
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅌ}} || t
| {{lang|ko|티읕}} || tieut
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅍ}} || p
| {{lang|ko|피읖}} || pieup
|-
| {{lang|ko|ㅎ}} || h
| {{lang|ko|히읗}} || hieut
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Consonant names in the 15th century seem to have ended in a vowel (without adding the last consonant repeating a shortened version of the initial), judging from 1451 Hunmin Jeongeum Eonhae's forms such as "{{lang|ko|ㄱ는}}", which may have been pronounced ''geuneun''.

=== Vowels ===
The "names" of the vowels are given according to the sound they make (their pronunciation). To be technical, the silent consonant would be added before the sound (e.g., ㅏ becomes 아).

==Hangul syllables==
{{redirect|Hangul syllables|the Unicode block|Hangul Syllables}}
{{See also|List of modern Hangul characters in ISO/IEC 2022–compliant national character set standards}}
With 19 possible initial consonants, 21 possible medial (one- or two-letter) vowels, and 28 possible final consonants (of which one corresponds to the case of no final consonant), there are a total of {{math|1=19 × 21 × 28 = 11,172}} ''theoretically'' possible "Korean syllable letters" ({{Korean|hangul=글자|rr=geulja|lit=letter}}),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.korean.go.kr/nkview/news/12/128.htm |script-title=ko:한글 자모의 배열 순서 |trans-title=The order of Korean alphabet |last=Lee |first=Sung-jae |work=[[National Institute of Korean Language]] |access-date=3 June 2025 |language=ko}}</ref> which are contiguously encoded in the 11,172 Unicode code points from U+AC00 (Decimal: {{Base|44,032|10}}) through U+D7A3 (Decimal: {{Base|55,203|10}}= 44,032 + 11,171) within the [[Hangul Syllables]] Unicode block.  However, the majority of these theoretically possible syllables do not correspond to syllables found in actual Korean words or proper names.

Jump to tables with initial letter:
{{#invoke:Hangul|TOC}}
{{#invoke:Hangul|all_syllables}}

==See also==
* [[Korean alphabet]]
* [[List of Hangul jamo]]

==References==
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{{Hangul Jamo}}

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[[Category:Hangul jamo| Consonant and vowel tables]]