Final Consonants · 받침

5. Summary

• A batchim is a consonant at the bottom of a block, as in 밥, 물 and 한국.
• Many letters can go there, but there are only 7 final sounds: k, n, t, l, m, p and ng.
• The ㄷ group is the biggest. ㄷ ㅌ ㅅ ㅆ ㅈ ㅊ ㅎ all sound like t, so 꽃 is kkot and 옷 is ot.
• ㅇ is silent at the top of a block, but it is "ng" at the bottom, as in 강 and 빵.
• Stop finals k, t and p are not released. Close your mouth and do not add a vowel after them.
• Double batchim like 닭, 앉다, 읽다, 없다 and 많다 are read with one sound. A final also moves to the next block when that block starts with ㅇ.
• Next lesson: Compound Vowels (이중 모음).