Korean Batchim Flashcards: 19 Cards with Audio and Notes

Korean Batchim Flashcards: Study the 19 Cards

Each card is a short word with a final consonant, and the Note column says how the final letter sounds. Read the word, say it, then check. The lesson behind the deck is batchim, the final consonants of Korean syllables.

How Do I Use These Flashcards?

Use the deck above in four steps. It works with tap, click or keyboard, and nothing plays until you press an audio button.

1. Choose a mode. Start with recognition (Hangul to meaning). Switch to recall (meaning to Hangul) or listening (audio to meaning) once recognition feels easy.
2. Show the answer. Think of the answer first, then press Show answer (or Space). Turn on the romanization toggle only if you need it; the 19-card table below always shows it.
3. Grade yourself. Press Got it if you answered correctly without help, or Not yet if you hesitated or guessed.
4. Finish the session. A session holds up to 20 cards (you can set 10, 20 or 40). With 19 cards, a first-time learner should split the deck over two days, using the default limit of 10 new cards a day.

What Do the Three Modes Do?

Recognition shows the Hangul and asks for the meaning, which trains reading. Recall shows the meaning and asks for the Hangul, which trains remembering; you may type the answer with your Hangul keyboard or just recall it in your head. Listening plays a clip and hides the letters, which trains the ear. Listening mode only uses a card once its audio is approved, and cards without approved audio are skipped in that mode with a note.

What Do Got It and Not yet Do?

Got it moves the card up one Leitner box, so it returns later. Not yet sends the card back to box 1, so it returns in the same session or within 10 minutes. The grades are your own judgement; the deck does not score you or claim fluency.

Deck Scope: What Is and Is Not Covered

The deck covers 19 words that show the seven final sounds (k, n, t, l, m, p, ng) and two double finals. Sixteen single consonant letters, plus some pairs, can stand at the bottom of a block, but only seven sounds come out.

What Is Left out of This Deck?

Initial consonants and open syllables are in other decks, starting with the Korean syllable flashcards. Reading whole words is in the Hangul reading flashcards. The rules for how a final consonant changes before a vowel or a nasal are covered in the pronunciation lessons.

All 19 Cards in One Table

All 19 cards appear below in deck order, grouped by final sound. The table is plain HTML and works without the deck.

How Do I Read the Table?

Hangul is the word. Revised Romanization (RR) follows the sound at the end of the word. The Meaning column gives the English gloss. The Note column states the final sound and gives the spoken form in square brackets where it differs from the spelling. The last column lists the audio assetId, with a second ID for any slow clip.

Usage Notes for These Cards

Only seven sounds can end a syllable: k, n, t, l, m, p and ng. Many letters collapse into these seven. ㄱ ㅋ ㄲ all become an unreleased k, as in 책, 부엌 and 밖. ㄷ ㅅ ㅆ ㅈ ㅊ ㅌ (and ㅎ) all become t, as in 옷, 있다, 꽃 and 밭. ㅂ and ㅍ both become p, as in 밥 and 앞.

The four sounds n, l, m and ng keep their own letters: ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ and ㅇ. They are easy to hear and are the first finals to master.

Double finals keep only one of the two sounds when nothing follows. 닭 (chicken) is said [닥] and 삶 (life) is said [삼]. A different member of the pair appears in other words, so double finals are learned word by word.

A final k, t or p is unreleased: the mouth closes on the sound without a puff of air. Try saying 밥 with your lips closed at the end, not "bap!".

Which Sounds Do Not Match the Spelling?

When a vowel follows, the final consonant moves to the next block. This is called liaison, and 꽃이 (kkochi, a flower as subject) sounds like [꼬치], not [꼳이]. The deck teaches the base sound, and the linking rule has its own lesson.

Before ㄴ or ㅁ, a final k, t or p turns into a nasal. 밥만 (only rice) sounds like [밤만], and RR writes it bamman. This is nasalization, and it is outside the scope of this deck.

있다 is spelled with ㅆ but said [읻따]: the ㅆ is a t sound, and the following ㄷ becomes tense.

What Mistakes Do Learners Make with Batchim?

• Releasing the final stop with a puff, for example saying "bap!" with a loud p.
• Pronouncing 꽃 as "kkoch" with a ch. The final sound is t.
• Reading the spelling instead of the sound: 부엌 is [부억], not [부엌].
• Reading a double final as both letters. 닭 is [닥], not "dalk".

Final sounds are the main reason spelling and sound differ in Korean, so hearing them is as important as reading them.

How Does the Review Schedule Work?

The deck uses a simplified Leitner system with five boxes. A new card starts in box 1. Each Got it moves it up one box, and each Not yet returns it to box 1. The box sets how long the card waits before it is due again.

Each session shows due cards first, oldest due first, and then up to 10 new cards a day by default. A deck of 19 cards is introduced over two days at the default of 10 new cards a day, and the later boxes bring each card back at longer gaps. Progress is saved only in this browser, so clearing site data deletes it. Use the export button to save a small JSON file with card IDs, boxes and due dates, and import it on another device. No account is needed.

Cultural and Practical Context

Batchim literally means "support" (받침), because the final consonant supports the block from below. The word is also the everyday name for the final consonants, so a Korean teacher will say 받침 when talking about them.

Limits of This Deck

The deck teaches base final sounds in one word at a time, not the liaison and nasalization rules that apply between syllables. RR does not mark tensification, so 있다 is written itda even though it is said [읻따]. The word list is intentionally short and common words are chosen but not checked against a frequency list. All Korean text is generated, and Min-ji Park reviewed and signed off the text and audio on 15 October 2026.

Next Steps after the Korean Batchim Flashcards

After this deck, continue with the Hangul reading flashcards to read whole words. Revisit the Korean syllable flashcards if open blocks feel shaky. Print a practice sheet with the Korean batchim worksheet, test yourself with the Korean batchim quiz, explore blocks in the interactive hangul alphabet, and see every deck in the Hangul flashcards list or the Korean flashcards hub.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Batchim in Korean?

Batchim (받침) is the consonant at the bottom of a syllable block, as in the ㄱ of 책 or the ㅇ of 강. The word means "support". Although many letters can stand there, only seven sounds come out: k, n, t, l, m, p and ng. Learning the seven sounds covers every final consonant.

Why Does 꽃 End in a T Sound?

The final ㅊ is not released as a ch. When a letter sits at the end of a syllable, Korean reduces it to the nearest of the seven final sounds, and for ㅊ that is t. So 꽃 is said [꼳]. With a vowel after it, as in 꽃이, the ㅊ moves on and sounds like [꼬치].

Are Double Batchim Hard?

They are the least regular part of batchim. A double final such as ㄺ or ㄻ is pronounced as only one of its two letters when nothing follows, so 닭 is [닥] and 삶 is [삼]. Which letter is kept depends on the pair, so learn double finals as words, not as rules.

How Do I Practice Batchim?

Say each word with your mouth closed at the end and no puff of air. Listen to the audio, copy the final sound, then read the word aloud twice. Sort the cards by their final sound after a few sessions. Short daily sessions of 10 to 15 minutes work better than one long session.

Is My Progress Saved If I Close the Page?

Yes, in the same browser on the same device. Card boxes and due dates are stored locally and nothing is sent to a server. Clearing site data, using a private window or switching browsers removes them, so use the export button to keep a backup file that you can import later. No account is needed.