Hangul · consonant · 8 of 40
ㅇ 이응
- Name
- 이응 ieung
- Sound
- ng, as in 아
- How it sounds
- At the start of a block it is silent and only fills the consonant slot, so 아 is just a. At the end of a block it is the ng of 'sing'.
- Memory hook
- The circle pictures the open throat, where no consonant is being made at all, which is why it can stand in a block and say nothing.
- Watch for
- Adding a hard g after a final ㅇ: 강 rhymes with 'sang', with no g released at the end.
Words that use ㅇ
Romanisation help
아이
ai
child
강
gang
river
사랑
sarang
love
How to write ㅇ
Stroke order · 1 stroke
1
- 1. Start at the top and draw a circle anticlockwise, back round to the top.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes are written left to right, vertical ones top to bottom.
- Many corners are turned without lifting the pen, so ㄱ and ㄴ are each a single stroke.
- ㅇ is drawn anticlockwise, starting from the top.
- Vowels follow the same order: ㅏ and ㅜ start with the long line, while ㅓ and ㅗ start with the short stroke.
- In a block, write the consonant first, then the vowel, then any final consonant.
Practise it with a tracing guide and a from-memory pass on the writing practice page.
ㅇ is taught on day 1 of the Hangul course, alongside ㅏ ㅓ ㅗ ㅜ ㅡ ㅣ, with a memory hook, words to read and two writing passes.