Explanation 1 · Principles of Creation

Root                           Reason for     Wonse
              Sound and shape
     letters                          selection      ne
             Throat sound
       ㅇ (Throat shape)         Intermediate sound
                                (reson             🔵
                                No intermediate
                                sound. Though it is
             Teeth sound (Teeth
       ㅅ shape)                 the same plain
                                sound, it is less
                                                   ▲
                                aspirated than ㅈ.
             Lip sound (Lip     Intermediate sound
       ㅁ shape)                 (resonant sound).
             Tongue sound
             (The tip of the    Intermediate sound
       ㄴ tongue touches the (resonant sound).
             upper gums)
                                ㄱ is a plain sound,
                                                   🟥
                                but compared to the
             Molar sound (The
                                intermediate sound
       ㄱ root of the tongue ㆁ, ㄱ better fits the
             blocks the throat)
                                shape of a
                                molar(velar) sound.




                       #Five root sounds


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