Hangul · vowel · 19 of 40
ㅗ 오
- Name
- 오 o
- Sound
- o, as in 오
- How it sounds
- A pure o with rounded lips, like the o in 'more' but short, with no glide at the end.
- Memory hook
- The flat line is the ground and the stroke points up, towards the sky. Round your lips and push them forward.
- Watch for
- Adding the English glide from 'go', so that the vowel ends in a w.
Words that use ㅗ
Romanisation help
오이
oi
cucumber
고기
gogi
meat
모자
moja
hat
How to write ㅗ
Stroke order · 2 strokes
1
2
- 1. A short stroke down from above the centre.
- 2. The long horizontal, from left to right, underneath.
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.
ㅗ is taught on day 1 of the Hangul course, alongside ㅏ ㅓ ㅜ ㅡ ㅣ ㅇ, with a memory hook, words to read and two writing passes.