Hangul · vowel · 22 of 40
ㅠ 유
- Name
- 유 yu
- Sound
- yu, as in 유
- How it sounds
- yu as in 'you'.
- Memory hook
- ㅜ with two legs instead of one, and the extra leg adds the y.
- Watch for
- Dropping the y, so that 휴지 comes out as 후지.
Words that use ㅠ
Romanisation help
우유
uyu
milk
휴지
hyuji
tissue
유리
yuri
glass
How to write ㅠ
Stroke order · 3 strokes
1
2
3
- 1. The long horizontal, from left to right.
- 2. The left short stroke, down from the horizontal.
- 3. The right short stroke, down from 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.
ㅠ is taught on day 4 of the Hangul course, alongside ㅑ ㅕ ㅛ, with a memory hook, words to read and two writing passes.