Hangul · vowel · 21 of 40
ㅜ 우
- Name
- 우 u
- Sound
- u, as in 우
- How it sounds
- Like the oo in 'food', with the lips rounded and pushed forward.
- Memory hook
- The stroke points down, below the ground line: the darker partner of ㅗ.
- Watch for
- Leaving the lips spread, which gives ㅡ instead.
Words that use ㅜ
Romanisation help
우유
uyu
milk
구두
gudu
dress shoes
누나
nuna
older sister (said by a male)
How to write ㅜ
Stroke order · 2 strokes
1
2
- 1. The long horizontal, from left to right.
- 2. A short stroke down from the centre of the horizontal.
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.
ㅜ is taught on day 1 of the Hangul course, alongside ㅏ ㅓ ㅗ ㅡ ㅣ ㅇ, with a memory hook, words to read and two writing passes.