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Korean symbols

Korean symbols

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The service supports the following symbols for Korean.

Monophthongs

Table 1. Monophthongs (Korean)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
a a
ɐ
ɑ
ɞ
ʚ
0061
0250
0251
025E
029A
한 /han/
A ɛ
æ
ɜ
025B
00E6
025C
새로 /sɛɾo/
E ʌ
ə
ɘ
ɵ
028C
0259
0258
0275
것 /kʌt/
e e 0065 세 /se/
i i
ı
ɨ
ɩ
ɪ
0069
0131
0268
0269
026A
시 /si/
o o
ɒ
ɔ
ɤ
006F
0252
0254
0264
사고 /saɡo/
u u
ɷ
ʉ
ʊ
0075
0277
0289
028A
수 /su/
U ɯ 026F 그 /kɯ/

Diphthongs

Table 2. Diphthongs (Korean)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
ya ja U+006A + U+0061 약 /jak/
yA U+006A + U+025B 얘기 /ɡi/
yE U+006A + U+028C 여섯 /sʌt/
ye je U+006A + U+0065 예금 /jeɡɯm/
yo jo U+006A + U+006F 요즘 /jodʑɯm/
yu ju U+006A + U+0075 유독 /judok/
wa wa 0077+0061 봐  /pwa/
wA 0077+025B 왜 //
wE 0077+028C 원인 /nin/
we we 0077+0065 외부 /webu/
wi wi
ɥi
y
0077+0069
0265+0069
0079
행위 /hɛŋwi/
I ɰi
ɯi
0270+0069
026F+0069
의사 /ɰisa/

Consonants

Table 3. Consonants (Korean)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
c
ʥ

ʨ
0064+0291
02A5
0074+0255
02A8
여자 /jʌa/
'cc' t͈ɕ
tɕ͈
ʨ˭
ʨ͈
0074+0348+0255
0074+0255+0348
02A8+02ED
02A8+0348
약점 /jakt͈ɕʌm/
'ch' tɕʰ
ʨʰ
0074+0255+02B0
02A8+02B0
부착 /putɕʰak/
h h
ɦ
0068
0266
한 /han/
k g

ɡ̥
006B
0067+0325
0261+0325
육 /juk/
'kh' 006B+02B0 약한 /jaan/
'kk'
006B+02ED
006B+0348
꼭 /ok/
l l
ɭ
006C
026D
오늘 /onɯl/
m m 006D 마치 /matɕʰi/
n n 006E 안 /an/
'ng' ŋ 014B 사상 /sasaŋ/
p b

p
v
0062
0062+0325
0070
0076
보고 /poɡo/
'ph' f
0066
0070+02B0
판매 /anmɛ/
'pp'
0070+02ED
0070+0348
뿐 /un/
r r
ɹ
ɾ
ʀ
ʁ
0072
0279
027E
0280
0281
주로 /tɕuɾo/
s
s
z
ɕ
ɕʰ
0073+02B0
0073
007A
0255
0255+02B0
삼 /sam/
'ss'

ɕ˭
ɕ͈
0073+02ED
0073+0348
0255+02ED
0255+0348
쓰고 /ɯgo/
t
d
t
0064+0325
0064
0074
도 /to/
'th' 0074+02B0 같은 /kaɯn/
'tt'
0074+02ED
0074+0348
때 /ɛ/
w w 0077 왜 /wɛ/
y j 006A 야 /ja/