🔤 Letters & sounds
Consonants
ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ … the 14 basic consonants
💡 Hangul was invented in 1443 so that everyone could read easily. Consonant shapes copy the mouth: ㄱ shows the tongue touching the back of the mouth.
💡 ㅇ is silent at the start of a syllable and sounds “ng” at the end (아, 강).