Hangul · double consonant · 26 of 40
ㄸ 쌍디귿
- Name
- 쌍디귿 ssangdigeut
- Sound
- tt, as in 따
- How it sounds
- A tense t with no breath, like the t in 'stop'. It never appears at the end of a block.
- Memory hook
- Two ㄷ joined: the tongue-tip stop, pressed harder.
- Watch for
- Hearing it as d because it has no breath, and writing 다 for 따.
Words that use ㄸ
Romanisation help
딸
ttal
daughter
떡
tteok
rice cake
또
tto
again
How to write ㄸ
Stroke order · 4 strokes
1
2
3
4
- 1. Left ㄷ: across the top, from left to right.
- 2. Left ㄷ: down from the top left, then turn and go across the bottom.
- 3. Right ㄷ: across the top, from left to right.
- 4. Right ㄷ: down from the top left, then turn and go across the bottom.
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.
ㄸ is taught on day 7 of the Hangul course, alongside ㄲ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ, with a memory hook, words to read and two writing passes.