Consonant Letters' Names
Variants are given in brackets.
| Consonants | Names | |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | North Korea | |
| ㄱ | 기역 | 기윽 |
| ㄲ | 쌍기역 | 된기윽 |
| ㄴ | 니은 | 니은 |
| ㄷ | 디귿 | 디읃 |
| ㄸ | 쌍디귿 | 된디읃 |
| ㄹ | 리을 | 리을 |
| ㅁ | 미음 | 미음 |
| ㅂ | 비읍 | 비읍 |
| ㅃ | 쌍비읍 | 된비읍 |
| ㅅ | 시옷 | 시읃 |
| ㅆ | 쌍시옷 | 된시읃 |
| ㅇ | 이응 | 이응 |
| ㅈ | 지읒 | 지읃 |
| ㅉ | 쌍지읒 | 된지읃 |
| ㅊ | 치읓 | 치읕 |
| ㅋ | 키읔 | 키읔 |
| ㅌ | 티읕 | 티읕 |
| ㅍ | 피읖 | 피읖 |
| ㅎ | 히읗 | 히읕 |
Consonant names in the 15th century seem to have ended in a vowel, judging from 1451 Hunmin Jeongeum Eonhae's forms such as "ㄱ는", which may have been pronounced geuneun /그는/.
Read more about this topic: Hangul Consonant And Vowel Tables
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