Help: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 Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

Korean consonants
IPAHangulExampleEnglish approximation
HangulRR
b[1]이불ibulball
β[2][3]ㅎ (ㅸ)오후ohuroughly like upvote
ç[4]힘, 흉내him, hyungnaehuman
ɕ[5]시루siruroughly like she
ɕ͈[5]ㅆ ㅅ씨, 국수ssi, guksuseen
d[1]민들레mindeulledoll
dz[6]나중najungbeds
[1]ㅈ [ㄷ이]아버지, 해돋이abeoji, haedojiroughly like gee
ɸ[3] [호] [후]활, 훗날hwal, hunnalroughly like who
ɡ[1]마개magaegall
ɣ[2][7]아가agaSpanish amigo or again, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth
h햇잎haenniphall
ɦ[2]마흔maheunRP behind
j[ㅛ, ㅠ,ㅑ,ㅕ,
ㅖ, ㅒ][8]
여울yeoulyou
ʝ[2][4]감히gamhiroughly like you
k구이guisky
ㄱ ㅋ[9]바지락bajiraklock
꿩, 젓갈kkwong, jeotgalskin
ㅋ [ㄱㅎ] [ㅎㄱ]코, 석회, 않기ko, seokhoe, angicup
ɭㄹ [ㄴ][10]알, 신라al, Sillahall
mㅁ [ㅂ][11]못, 압력mot, amnyeokmall
n
[ㄹ, ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ][12]
누리nurinot
ŋㅇ(ㆁ) [ㄱ][13]가랑비, 먹물garangbi, meongmulking
p바다badaspa
[14]부삽, 잎busap, ipclip
뿔, 먹보ppul, meokbospit
[ㅂㅎ] [ㅎㅂ]푸서리, 잡학puseori, japhakpaint
ɾㄹ [ㄹㅇ]여드레, 얼음yeodeure, eoreumScottish great or American atom
sʰ수박subaklike see, but aspirated (with more breath)
쌀, 열쇠ssal, yeolsoesaw
tdolstar
ㄷ, ㅌ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ[15]곧, 뭍, 옷, 젖, 낯got, mut, ot, jeot, natlet
ㄸ ㄷ떡, 막대tteok, makdaestall
[ㄷㅎ] [ㅎㄷ]구태여, 맞흥정, 닳다gutaeyeo, matheungjeong, daldatall
ts[6]측정cheukjeongcats
ts͈[6]짤림jjallim
tsʰ[6]ㅊ [ㅈㅎ] [ㅎㅈ]참새chamsaelet's have
자투리jaturiroughly like patch
tɕ͈돌쩌귀, 꺽지doljjeogwi, kkeokji
tɕʰㅊ [ㄷ히] [ㅎㅈ]눈초리, 맞히다, 닳지nunchori, machida, daljiroughly like cheek
w[ㅙ, ㅞ][16]왜가리, 꿰맴질waegari, kkwemaemjilwall
x[7]heukloch
z[17]ᅀᅵᆫ간zinganzebra
ʔ[18]ᅙᅵᆯqiluh-oh
Korean vowels and diphthongs[19]
IPAHangulExampleEnglish approximation
HangulRR[20]
a하루haruRP up
bamspa
ɒ[17]ᄌᆞ주jawjuyawn
ʌ거울geoulConservative up
əː어른eoreunRP herd
ɛ개구리gaeguribet
ɛː냇물naenmulGA bed
e메주mejurate
게장gejangraid
i[21]흰색huinsaekpeak
pibeat
실타래siltaraebead
o오늘oneulsort
모레moresword
ø[16]쇠뇌soenoewet
øː왼손oensonwed
u우물umulroot
dulrude
ɯ버들beodeulfoot
ɯː그림geurimgood
ɰi민주주의minjujuuisomewhat like we
y[16]귀엣말gwienmalsomewhat like sweet
swinsomewhat like swede
Korean suprasegmentals
IPADescription
ːGeminated consonant[22]
ˈPrimary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
ˌSecondary 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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