ㄱ

Giyeok

Giyeok

Consonant letter of the Korean Hangul alphabet

Giyeok (sign: ㄱ; Korean: 기역), also known as kiŭk (Korean: 기윽) in Korean,[1] is one of the Korean Hangul. The Unicode for giyeok is U+3131. Depending on its position, it makes a 'g' or 'k' sound. At the beginning and end of a word it is usually pronounced [k], while after a vowel it is [ɡ]. The IPA pronunciation is [k].[2][3][4]

Quick Facts Korean name, Revised Romanization ...

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ㄱ

Other communicative representations

More information Type, Letter ...

References

  1. [1]
    "[북녘말] 기윽 디읃 시읏 / 김태훈". 7 October 2007.
  2. [2]
    Jiyoung Shin; Jieun Kiaer; Jaeeun Cha (2012). The Sounds of Korean. Cambridge University Press. pp. XiX–XX. ISBN 9781139789882.
  3. [3]
    "Korean". Omniglot. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  4. [4]
    "Script and pronunciation". University College London. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
Look up ㄱ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article ㄱ, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.