# 聲母（성모）

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### 重脣聲（중순성）
| 注音 | 한글 | Remarks |
| ---- | ---- | --- |
| ㄅ | ㅂ | |
| ㄆ | ㅍ | |
| ㄇ | ㅁ | |

### 脣齒聲（순치성）
| 注音 | 한글 | Remarks |
| ---- | ---- | --- |
| ㄈ | ㅍ | It is the F/f sound that is lacking in Hangul |

### 舌尖聲（설첨성）
| 注音 | 한글 | Remarks |
| ---- | ---- | ------- |
| ㄉ | ㄷ | |
| ㄊ | ㅌ | |
| ㄋ | ㄴ | |
| ㄌ | ㄹ | It is the L/l sound that is missing from Hangul |

### 舌根聲（설근성）
| 注音 | 한글 | Remarks |
| ---- | ---- | --- |
| ㄍ | ㄱ | |
| ㄎ | ㅋ | |
| ㄏ | ㅎ | |

## Difficult Consonants
- The level of the tip of your tongue should be vertically decending when you go through each consonant within each set.
- 舌面聲（설면성）：
- split your mouth horizontally before pronouncing
- The tongue should be flat on the floor
- 翹舌尖聲（교설첨성）：
- put your tongue at the ㄹ position before pronouncing. That is, you are lifting your tongue from the position in 舌面聲（설면성）to the touch the ceiling of the mouth
- 舌齒聲（설치성）：
- let your teeth meet (upper and lower row) before pronouncing
- Tip of the tongue should be positioned at the the lower row of the teeth
- Tongue should be relatively flat but not absolutely relaxed

### 舌面聲（설면성）
| 注音 | 한글 | Remarks |
| ---- | ---- | --- |
| ㄐ | ㅈ | little air |
| ㄑ | ㅊ | yes air |
| ㄒ | ㅅ | yes air |

### 舌面聲（설면성）
| 注音 | 한글 | Remarks |
| ---- | ---- | ------- |
| ㄓ | ㅈ | little air |
| ㄔ | ㅊ | yes air |
| ㄕ | ㅅ | yes air |
| ㄖ | ㄹ | little air. tongue curledness: R/r < ㄖ < ㄹ |

### 舌齒聲（설치성）
| 注音 | 한글 | Remarks |
| ---- | ---- | ------- |
| ㄗ | ㅉ | little air |
| ㄘ | ㅊ | yes air |
| ㄙ | ㅆ | yes air |