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 Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

Korean consonants
IPA Hangul Example English approximation
Hangul RR
b 이불 ibul ball
β ㅎ (ㅸ) 오후 ohu roughly like upvote
ç 힘, 흉내 him, hyungnae human
ɕ 시루 siru roughly like she
ɕ͈ ㅆ ㅅ 씨, 국수 ssi, guksu seen
d 민들레 mindeulle doll
dz 나중 najung beds
ㅈ [ㄷ이] 아버지, 해돋이 abeoji, haedoji roughly like gee
ɸ [호] [후] 활, 훗날 hwal, hunnal roughly like who
ɡ 마개 magae gall
ɣ 아가 aga Spanish amigo or again, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth
h 햇잎 haennip hall
ɦ 마흔 maheun RP behind
j [ㅛ, ㅠ,ㅑ,ㅕ,
ㅖ, ㅒ]
여울 yeoul you
ʝ 감히 gamhi roughly like you
k 구이 gui sky
ㄱ ㅋ 바지락 bajirak lock
꿩, 젓갈 kkwong, jeotgal skin
ㅋ [ㄱㅎ] [ㅎㄱ] 코, 석회, 않기 ko, seokhoe, angi cup
ɭ ㄹ [ㄴ] 알, 신라 al, Silla hall
m ㅁ [ㅂ] 못, 압력 mot, amnyeok mall
n
[ㄹ, ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ]
누리 nuri not
ŋ ㅇ(ㆁ) [ㄱ] 가랑비, 먹물 garangbi, meongmul king
p 바다 bada spa
부삽, 잎 busap, ip clip
뿔, 먹보 ppul, meokbo spit
[ㅂㅎ] [ㅎㅂ] 푸서리, 잡학 puseori, japhak paint
ɾ ㄹ [ㄹㅇ] 여드레, 얼음 yeodeure, eoreum Scottish great or American atom
sʰ 수박 subak like see, but aspirated (with more breath)
쌀, 열쇠 ssal, yeolsoe saw
t 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
[ㄷㅎ] [ㅎㄷ] 구태여, 맞흥정, 닳다 gutaeyeo, matheungjeong, dalda tall
ts 측정 cheukjeong cats
ts͈ 짤림 jjallim
tsʰ ㅊ [ㅈㅎ] [ㅎㅈ] 참새 chamsae let's have
자투리 jaturi roughly like patch
tɕ͈ 돌쩌귀, 꺽지 doljjeogwi, kkeokji
tɕʰ ㅊ [ㄷ히] [ㅎㅈ] 눈초리, 맞히다, 닳지 nunchori, machida, dalji roughly like cheek
w [ㅙ, ㅞ] 왜가리, 꿰맴질 waegari, kkwemaemjil wall
x heuk loch
z ᅀᅵᆫ간 zingan zebra
ʔ ᅙᅵᆯ qil uh-oh
Korean vowels and diphthongs
IPA Hangul Example English approximation
Hangul RR
a 하루 haru RP up
bam spa
ɒ ᄌᆞ주 jawju yawn
ʌ 거울 geoul Conservative up
əː 어른 eoreun RP herd
ɛ 개구리 gaeguri bet
ɛː 냇물 naenmul GA bed
e 메주 meju rate
게장 gejang raid
i 흰색 huinsaek peak
pi beat
실타래 siltarae bead
o 오늘 oneul sort
모레 more sword
ø 쇠뇌 soenoe wet
øː 왼손 oenson wed
u 우물 umul root
dul rude
ɯ 버들 beodeul foot
ɯː 그림 geurim good
ɰi 민주주의 minjujuui somewhat like we
y 귀엣말 gwienmal somewhat like sweet
swin somewhat like swede
Korean suprasegmentals
IPA Description
ː Geminated consonant
ˈ Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
ˌ Secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
. Syllable break

See also

Notes

References

  • Heo, Yong (2013). "An analysis and interpretation of Korean vowel systems". Acta Koreana. 16 (1): 23–43.
  • Lee, Hyun-bok (1999). "An IPA Illustration of Korean". Handbook of the International Phonetic Association. p. 120–123.
  • Lee, Hyun-bok (2002). 음성의 연구와 음성의 표기법 [Phonetic Notation in Phonetic Research: IPA and International Korean Phonetic Alphabet] (PDF). INTERSPEECH-2002.
  • Lee, Hyun-bok (2004). In search of a universal phonetic alphabet – theory and application of an organic visible speech (PDF). INTERSPEECH-2004.
  • 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.
  • Sohn, Ho-min (2001). The Korean Language. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521369436.

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