Korean alphabet

Question 1

What is the Korean alphabet called?

Answer 1

Hangul

Question 2

How many basic consonants are there in Hangul?

Answer 2

19

Question 3

How many basic vowels are there in Hangul?

Answer 3

21

Question 4

Which character represents the sound ‘g’ in Hangul?

Answer 4

ㄱ

Question 5

What is the Hangul character for the vowel ‘a’?

Answer 5

ㅏ

Question 6

Which consonant is pronounced ‘m’?

Answer 6

ㅁ

Question 7

What is the Hangul character for the vowel ‘o’?

Answer 7

ㅗ

Question 8

True or False: Hangul is written from right to left.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What is the structure of a basic Hangul syllable?

Answer 9

A consonant followed by a vowel (CV) or consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC)

Question 10

Which character represents the sound ‘t’ in Hangul?

Answer 10

ㅌ

Question 11

How is the vowel ‘i’ represented in Hangul?

Answer 11

ㅣ

Question 12

What is the Hangul character for the sound ‘s’?

Answer 12

ㅅ

Question 13

Fill in the blank: The sound ‘p’ is represented by the Hangul character ___

Answer 13

ㅍ

Question 14

Which character represents the sound ‘n’?

Answer 14

ㄴ

Question 15

What is the Hangul character for the sound ‘b’?

Answer 15

ㅂ

Question 16

True or False: There are no silent letters in Hangul.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

How many combined characters can be formed using basic Hangul characters?

Answer 17

Approximately 11,172

Question 18

Which character represents the sound ‘j’?

Answer 18

ㅈ

Question 19

What is the Hangul character for the vowel ‘u’?

Answer 19

ㅜ

Question 20

Fill in the blank: The sound ‘ae’ is represented by the Hangul character ___

Answer 20

ㅐ

Question 21

Which consonant is pronounced ‘k’?

Answer 21

ㅋ

Question 22

What is the Hangul character for the sound ‘h’?

Answer 22

ㅎ

Question 23

True or False: Hangul characters can stand alone as words.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

What is the Hangul character for the vowel ‘e’?

Answer 24

ㅔ

Question 25

Fill in the blank: The sound 'eo' is represented by the Hangul character ___

Answer 25

ㅓ

Question 26

How many diphthongs are there in Hangul?

Answer 26

11

Question 27

Which character represents the sound 'k' in a tense form?

Answer 27

ㄲ

Question 28

What is the Hangul character for the sound 'ch'?

Answer 28

ㅊ

Question 29

Fill in the blank: The sound 'yo' is represented by the Hangul character ___

Answer 29

ㅛ

Question 30

Which character represents the sound 'ng'?

Answer 30

ㅇ

Question 31

What is the Hangul character for the sound 'j' in a tense form?

Answer 31

ㅉ

Question 32

True or False: The Hangul character ㅁ can represent the sound 'm' at the end of a syllable.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

What is the Hangul character for the vowel 'eu'?

Answer 33

ㅡ

Question 34

Fill in the blank: The sound 'ui' is represented by the Hangul character ___

Answer 34

ㅢ

Question 35

Which character represents the sound 'd'?

Answer 35

ㄷ

Question 36

What is the Hangul character for the vowel 'ae'?

Answer 36

ㅐ

Question 37

Fill in the blank: The sound 'wa' is represented by the Hangul character ___

Answer 37

ㅘ

Question 38

How many letters are there in Hangul?

Answer 38

40

Question 39

Which character represents the sound 'y'?

Answer 39

ㅣ

Question 40

True or False: Hangul is phonetic.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

What is the Hangul character for the vowel 'ya'?

Answer 41

ㅑ

Question 42

Fill in the blank: The sound 'wi' is represented by the Hangul character ___

Answer 42

ㅟ

Question 43

What is the Hangul character for the sound 'z'?

Answer 43

ㅉ