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Korean to IPA converter

Convert Korean text to IPA phonetic transcription. See the IPA, hear the word, and turn it into review-ready flashcards — without leaving what you are reading.

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Korean in IPA

A worked example to show what the output looks like.

감사합니다/kam.sa.ham.ni.da/thank you

Why guess Korean pronunciation?

Korean has a three-way stop contrast (plain, tense, aspirated) that English collapses into two, and consonants change at the end of a syllable and across word boundaries. Romanisation cannot capture these, but IPA can.

Stops come in three series — plain, tense, and aspirated — where English has only two.
Syllable-final consonants are unreleased and neutralise to a small set of sounds.
Sounds assimilate across syllable and word boundaries, so written and spoken forms diverge.
Korean has no native f or v sound.

From Korean text to IPA in seconds

1

Select the text

Highlight Korean text anywhere — a PDF, a browser, a subtitle, a chat. Or paste it into the free web converter.

2

Press Alt+Q

IPAtics detects the language automatically and shows the IPA in a floating overlay, right where you are reading.

3

Hear it, save it, study it

Play native audio, tap any symbol to learn it, save the word, and generate Anki cards — all in one place.

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