The 14 basic consonants
Hangul was made in 1443, and each consonant is shaped like the mouth making it.
ㄱ giyeok, from the back of the tongue
ㄴ nieun, tongue tip behind the teeth
ㅁ mieum, lips closed
Practice strokes for ㄱ, ㄴ and ㅁ. The pen follows the stroke order, top to bottom and left to right.
받침, the final consonant
A syllable block can end in a consonant. 밥 (rice) ends in ㅂ, and the sound is held rather than released.
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Read 한글 as han-geul. The ㄹ before a vowel is a light tap, closer to a soft d than to an English l.
Next: the ten basic vowels.