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22 short guides to words and manners

Hangeul letters

ㅐ

애 (ae)

“e” as in “bed.” Most Seoul speakers today say it the same as ㅔ.

StrokesThree strokes: a vertical line, a short dash to the right, then a second vertical line.

Easy to confuseㅔ — ㅔ has its dash on the left of the first line. Same sound, different spelling — you just memorize which words use which.

Examples

  • 개

    gae

    dog

  • 배

    bae

    pear; boat; belly

  • 새

    sae

    bird

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