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Learn Hangeul ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ

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ㅡ
으
Basic
Type	Vowel
Subtype	Simple
Related	ㅢ, ㅓ
Harmony	Neutral
Sounds
IPA	/ɯ/
Basic sounds	/ɯ/, /ɯː/
Romanization
Revised	eu
McCune-Reischauer	ŭ
Yale	u
SKATS	D
DPRK	ŭ
Kontsevich	Ы / Y
Sign Language
Hangeul
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ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ Archaic and obsolete letters

Contents 1 Basic 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Dialect 1.3 Miscellaneous 2 Examples 2.1 Basic 2.2 Advanced 3 Writing 3.1 Stroke order 3.2 Styles 4 Sound Changes 4.1 Advanced Words and Segments

Basic

• This section should include a description.
• Information on where this character was derived from

The description of this character originally was 應(不用終聲) [응].

Pronunciation

beginning, middle, and final positions

• girl
• boy
• older girl
• older boy

Dialect

• In the 경상도 dialect, 으 and 어 may have the same pronounciation.
  • 거짓말 (lie) → 그짓말
• In the 전라도 dialect, 의 gets pronounced as 으.
  • 의사 (doctor) → 으사

Miscellaneous

• Sometimes in informal talk, especially amongst friends, 으 is used instead of 어 to make it the word sound stronger.
  • 더러워! (dirty - present tense) → 드러워!

Examples

Basic

• 그
• 끄
• 느
• 드
• 뜨
• 르
• 므
• 브
• 쁘
• 스
• 쓰
• 으
• 즈
• 쯔
• 츠
• 크
• 트
• 프
• 흐

Advanced

• ??
• ...

Writing

Stroke order

• Animated stroke order picture

Styles

• Pictures of different styles of this letter since there can be many variations, possibly put in a gallery style table.

Sound Changes

Advanced Words and Segments

• ??