My name is 러슬.

Vowels

Single vowels

 
 

ㅏ   a iPad
ㅓ   eo iPod
ㅗ   o old
ㅜ   u new
ㅡ   eu brook
ㅣ   i tree
ㅑ   ya yacht
ㅕ   yeo yummy
ㅛ   yo yogurt
ㅠ   yu unicorn
 

Double and triple vowels

(Combinations of single vowels; produces lots of
apparent homophones, but some are subtly different.)

ㅐ   [ㅏ + ㅣ]   ae egg
ㅔ   [ㅓ + ㅣ]   e egg
ㅒ   [ㅑ + ㅣ]   yae yay
ㅖ   [ㅕ + ㅣ]   ye yay
ㅘ   [ㅗ + ㅏ]   wa waawaa
ㅙ   [ㅗ + ㅏ + ㅣ]   wae way
ㅚ   [ㅗ + ㅣ]   wi way
ㅝ   [ㅜ + ㅣ]   wo or weo wah
ㅞ   [ㅜ + ㅓ + ㅣ]   wei way
ㅟ   [ㅜ + ㅓ + ㅣ]   wui wee
ㅢ   [ㅡ + ㅣ]   ui gooey

Some theory...

Korean vowels were created based on

Element Symbol Meaning
sky • --sun; in modern Hangul, • becomes ı for earth vowels or - for human vowels*
human ㅣ --human standing
earth ㅡ --ground

* hence (for example), ㅗ and ㅏ:

•     +   ㅡ   become   ㅗ
ㅡ   +   •    become   ㅜ
•     +   ㅣ   become   ㅓ
ㅣ   +   •    become   ㅏ

Each Korean vowel is a combination of these three elements.

There are 10 basic vowels:

 ∅ yod
ㅏ (a) ㅑ (ya)
ㅓ (eo) ㅕ (yeo)
ㅗ (o) ㅛ (yo)
ㅜ (u) ㅠ (yu)
plus these two:
ㅣ (i) ㅡ (eu)

and 11 complex vowels (see first part of this page):

ㅐ   (ae)
ㅔ   (e)
ㅒ   (yae)
ㅖ   (ye)
ㅘ   (wa)
ㅚ   (oe)
ㅙ   (wae)
ㅝ   (wo)
ㅟ   (wi)
ㅞ   (we)
ㅢ   (ui)