Hangul · double consonant · 29 of 40
ㅉ 쌍지읒
- Name
- 쌍지읒 ssangjieut
- Sound
- jj, as in 짜
- How it sounds
- A tense j with no breath, sharper than ㅈ and without the puff of ㅊ. It never appears at the end of a block.
- Memory hook
- Two ㅈ joined: the same sound, held tight.
- Watch for
- Saying it with breath like ㅊ, which makes 짜요 'it is salty' sound like 차요 'it is cold to the touch'.
Words that use ㅉ
Romanisation help
짜요
jjayo
it is salty
가짜
gajja
fake
찌개
jjigae
stew
How to write ㅉ
Stroke order · 4 strokes
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2
3
4
- 1. Left ㅈ: across the top, then turn and sweep down to the bottom left.
- 2. Left ㅈ: from halfway down the sweep, go down to the bottom right.
- 3. Right ㅈ: across the top, then turn and sweep down to the bottom left.
- 4. Right ㅈ: from halfway down the sweep, go down to the bottom right.
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.
ㅉ is taught on day 7 of the Hangul course, alongside ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ, with a memory hook, words to read and two writing passes.