ㄹ

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ㄹ
리을
Basic
Type	Consonant
Subtype	Simple
Related	ㄺ, ㄻ, ㄼ, ㄽ, ㄾ, ㄿ, ㅀ
Classification 1	Approximant
Classification 2	Coronal
Sounds
IPA	/l/, /ɾ/
Basic sounds	/(n)/, /-ɾ-/, /-l/
Capable sounds	ㄴ
받침 Sound Change?	no
Romanization
Revised	r, l
McCune-Reischauer	r, l
Yale	l
SKATS	V
DPRK	r
Kontsevich	-Р-, -ЛЬ / R, -l'
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

Basic

• This sound is capable of making both an R and an L sound. As the first letter it is sometimes pronounced as a mix between an R and an L sound with the exception of Western loan words where it sounds more like an R sound. Do note that this is not exactly the /r/ sound from English, but instead is a flap R sound like the D sound in the word 'rider' or double T sound in the word 'better'. If you are familiar with the sounds of Spanish it is very similar to the R sound in the word 'caro.'
• Derived from ㄴ based on the tongue position, the top of ㄹ represents a flap of the tongue.
• The description of this character originally was 梨乙 [리을].

Pronunciation

beginning, middle, and final positions

• girl
• boy
• older girl
• older boy

Examples

Basic

• 라
• 러
• 로
• 루
• 르
• 리
• 래
• 레

Advanced

• 갈

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

• ㄴ + ㄹ → ㄹ, ㄹ
• ㄱ + ㄹ → ㅇ, ㄴ
• ㅇ + ㄹ → ㅇ, ㄴ
• ㄹ + ㅎ → ㄹ

Advanced Words and Segments

• All other word examples with a ㄹ with sound changes