If you want to spell out a word in Korean, you’ll need to know what each character is called. Luckily, the vowels are just called by the way they sound, but the consonants actually have a name. Check out Byki Korean to listen to the consonants.
ㄱ – giyok (기역)
ㄲ – ssang giyok (쌍 기역)
ㄴ – niun (니은)
ㄷ – digut (디귿)
ㄸ – ssang digut (쌍 디귿)
ㄹ – riul (리을)
ㅁ – mium (미음)
ㅂ – biup (비읍)
ㅃ – ssang biup (쌍 비읍)
ㅅ – shiot (시옷)
ㅆ – ssang shiot (쌍 시옷)
ㅇ – iung (이응)
ㅈ – jiut (지읒)
ㅉ – ssang jiut (쌍 지읒)
ㅊ – chiut (치읓)
ㅋ – kiuk (키읔)
ㅌ – tiut (티읕)
ㅍ - piup (피읖)
ㅎ – hiut (히읗)
