Grammar References

Korean consonants and vowels

14 basic consonants (자음): ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ
5 double consonants (된소리): ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ
10 simple vowels (모음):ㅏ, ㅐ, ㅑ, ㅒ, ㅓ, ㅔ, ㅕ, ㅖ, ㅗ, ㅜ
11 compound vowels (diphthongs): ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅛ, ㅠ, ㅡ, ㅢ, ㅣ

With the names:
14 consonants (자음): ㄱ (기역), ㄴ (니은), ㄷ (디귿), ㄹ (리을), ㅁ (미음), ㅂ (비읍), ㅅ (시옷), ㅇ (이응), ㅈ (지읒), ㅊ (치읓), ㅋ (키읔), ㅌ (티읕), ㅍ (피읖), ㅎ (히읗)
5 double consonants (된소리 자음): ㄲ (쌍기역), ㄸ (쌍디귿), ㅃ (쌍비읍), ㅆ (쌍시옷), ㅉ (쌍지읒)
21 vowels (모음): ㅏ (아), ㅐ (애), ㅑ (야), ㅒ (얘), ㅓ (어), ㅔ (에), ㅕ (여), ㅖ (예), ㅗ (오), ㅘ (와), ㅙ (왜), ㅚ (외), ㅛ (요), ㅜ (우), ㅝ (워), ㅞ (웨), ㅟ (위), ㅠ (유), ㅡ (으), ㅢ (의), ㅣ (이)

Korean alphabetical order - 가나다 순

The basic order starts with: ㄱ, ㄲ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄸ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅃ, ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅇ, ㅈ, ㅉ, ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ
After consonants, vowels are also ordered systematically:ㅏ, ㅐ, ㅑ, ㅒ, ㅓ, ㅔ, ㅕ, ㅖ, ㅗ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅠ, ㅡ, ㅢ, ㅣ
When sorting whole words, the comparison follows this order:

• Initial consonant (초성)
• Medial vowel (중성)
• Final consonant (종성), if any