Hangul · vowel · 16 of 40
ㅑ 야
- Name
- 야 ya
- Sound
- ya, as in 야
- How it sounds
- ya as in 'yard', kept short.
- Memory hook
- ㅏ with a second short stroke. The doubled stroke puts a y in front, and the same rule holds for all four y vowels.
- Watch for
- Reading it as ㅏ at a glance and missing the second stroke.
Words that use ㅑ
Romanisation help
야구
yagu
baseball
야채
yachae
vegetables
고양이
goyangi
cat
How to write ㅑ
Stroke order · 3 strokes
1
2
3
- 1. Down the long vertical, from top to bottom.
- 2. The upper short stroke, out to the right from the vertical.
- 3. The lower short stroke, out to the right from the vertical.
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.
ㅑ is taught on day 4 of the Hangul course, alongside ㅕ ㅛ ㅠ, with a memory hook, words to read and two writing passes.