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Korean life dictionary

22 short guides to words and manners

Hangeul letters

ㅅ

시옷 (siot)

An s — but before ㅣ and y-vowels it becomes “sh,” so 시 sounds like “she.” At the end of a syllable it's a clipped t.

StrokesTwo strokes: a stroke falling to the left, then a shorter one falling right from its middle.

Easy to confuseㅈ — ㅈ is ㅅ with a line on top and sounds like j.

Examples

  • 사과

    sagwa

    apple

  • 시간

    sigan

    time

  • 옷

    ot

    clothes

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