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Read Hangul
Can't read a single Korean letter yet? Start here. Learn to read the Korean syllable chart — 가 나 다 라 — by sight and by ear, one screen at a time.
The Korean 가나다 Chart: Read Your First 70 Syllables (by Sight and Sound)
Koreans don't learn letters one by one — they learn the 가나다 syllable chart, reading whole blocks at a glance. Do the same: 14 consonants across 5 vowels, each a real syllable you can hear and say. No romanization, no bottom pieces yet.
The Rest of the Korean Vowels: One Extra Stroke Adds a 'Y' (갸 냐 댜)
You read the 가나다 chart. Now finish the vowels: ㅡ (the one English doesn't have) and the four 'y' vowels — where adding a single stroke turns 가 into 갸, 고 into 교. Same chart, one small rule.
The Last Korean Sounds: Combined Vowels (ㅐ ㅔ ㅘ ㅝ) and the Tense Twins (ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ)
You've read the whole 가나다 chart. Two small groups finish it: the combined vowels — where ㅗ + ㅏ literally add up to ㅘ — and the tense consonants ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ, the sharp cousins of ㄱ ㄷ ㅂ. After this, there are no letters left.
The Last Piece of Reading Korean: Bottom Letters (받침) and How They Slide (있어 → 이써)
You can read every syllable block now — except the ones with a letter tucked underneath. That bottom letter (받침) is why 있어 sounds like '이써' and 한국어 sounds like '한구거.' Learn the 7 ending sounds and the one sliding rule, and you can read any Korean word on the page.