Help:IPA/Korean

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Korean language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. It is based on the standard dialect of South Korea and may not represent some of the sounds in the North Korean dialect or in other dialects. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Template:Section link.

See Korean phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Korean.

Korean consonants IPA Hangul Example English approximation Hangul RR Template:IPAlink ㅂ 이불 ibul ball Template:IPAlink ㅎ 오후 ohu roughly like away Template:IPAlink ㅎ 힘, 흉내 him, hyungnae human Template:IPAlink ㅅ 시루 siru roughly like she ㅆ ㅅ 씨, 국수 ssi, guksu roughly like sure, tensed Template:IPAlink ㄷ 민들레 mindeulle doll Template:IPAlink ㅈ 나중 najung beds Template:IPAlink ㅈ [ㄷ이] 아버지, 해돋이 abeoji, haedoji roughly like jeans Template:IPAlink ㅎ [호] [후] 활, 훗날 hwal, hunnal roughly like phew Template:IPAlink ㄱ 마개 magae gall Template:IPAlink ㅎ 마흔 maheun again, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth Template:IPAlink ㅎ 햇잎 haennip hall Template:IPAlink ㅎ 더하기 deohagi RP behind Template:IPAlink [ㅛ, ㅠ,ㅑ,ㅕ, ㅖ, ㅒ] 여울 yeoul you Template:IPAlink ㅎ 감히 gamhi roughly like you Template:IPAlink ㄱ 구이 gui sky ㄱ ㅋ 바지락 bajirak lock ㄲ 꿩, 젓갈 kkwong, jeotgal skin, tensed ㅋ [ㄱㅎ] [ㅎㄱ] 코, 석회, 않기 ko, seokhoe, angi cup Template:IPAlink ㄹ [ㄴ] 알, 신라 al, Silla hall Template:IPAlink ㅁ [ㅂ] 못, 압력 mot, amnyeok mall Template:IPAlink ㄴ [ㄹ, ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ] 누리 nuri not Template:IPAlink ㅇ [ㄱ] 가랑비, 먹물 garangbi, meongmul king Template:IPAlink ㅂ 바다 bada spa ㅂ ㅍ 부삽, 잎 busap, ip clip ㅃ ㅂ 뿔, 먹보 ppul, meokbo spit, tensed ㅍ [ㅂㅎ] [ㅎㅂ] 푸서리, 잡학 puseori, japhak paint Template:IPAlink ㄹ [ㄹㅇ] 여드레, 얼음 yeodeure, eoreum Scottish great or American atom ㅅ 수박 subak like see, but aspirated (with more breath) ㅆ 쌀, 열쇠 ssal, yeolsoe saw, tensed Template:IPAlink ㄷ 돌 dol star ㄷ, ㅌ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ 곧, 뭍, 옷, 젖, 낯 got, mut, ot, jeot, nat let ㄸ ㄷ 떡, 막대 tteok, makdae stall, tensed ㅌ [ㄷㅎ] [ㅎㄷ] 구태여, 맞흥정, 닳다 gutaeyeo, matheungjeong, dalda tall Template:IPAlink ㅈ 측정 cheukjeong cats ㅉ 짤림 jjallim cats, tensed ㅊ [ㅈㅎ] [ㅎㅈ] 참새 chamsae let's have Template:IPAlink ㅈ 자투리 jaturi roughly like patch ㅉ 돌쩌귀, 꺽지 doljjeogwi, kkeokji roughly like patch, tensed ㅊ [ㄷ히] [ㅎㅈ] 눈초리, 맞히다, 닳지 nunchori, machida, dalji roughly like cheek Template:IPAlink [ㅙ, ㅞ] 왜가리, 꿰맴질 waegari, kkwemaemjil wall Template:IPAlink ㅎ 흙 heuk Scottish loch

Korean vowels and diphthongs IPA Hangul Example English approximation Hangul RR Template:IPAlink ㅏ 하루 haru GA lost 밤 bam spa Template:IPAlink ㅓ 거울 geoul Conservative up Template:IPAlink 어른 eoreun RP herd Template:IPAlink ㅐ 개구리 gaeguri bet 냇물 naenmul GA bed Template:IPAlink ㅔ 메주 meju rate 게장 gejang raid Template:IPAlink ㅢ 흰색 huinsaek peak ㅣ 피 pi 실타래 siltarae bead Template:IPAlink ㅗ 오늘 oneul sort 모레 more sword Template:IPAlink ㅚ 쇠뇌 soenoe wait 왼손 oenson weighed Template:IPAlink ㅜ 우물 umul root 둘 dul rude Template:IPAlink ㅡ 버들 beodeul like goose for some speakers 그림 geurim like cool for some speakers Template:IPAlink ㅢ 민주주의 minjujuui like we but unrounded (with relaxed lips) Template:IPAlink ㅟ 귀엣말 gwienmal somewhat like sweet 쉰 swin somewhat like swede Korean suprasegmentals IPA Description Geminated consonant Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) Secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) . Syllable break

See also

• Revised Romanization of Korean
• Template:Clc

References

• Shin, J. (2015). Vowels and Consonants. In L. Brown & J. Yeon (Eds.). The Handbook of Korean Linguistics (pp. 36–21). Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell.
• Shin, J., Kiaer, J., & Cha, J. (2012). The Sounds of Korean. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

External links

• Hangul–IPA Converter at Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Pusan National University