Reading letters and batchim
Join letters and read the batchim
Joining consonant + vowel
Join a consonant and a vowel to make a syllable. ㄱ+ㅏ → 가, ㄴ+ㅏ → 나, ㄷ+ㅏ → 다.
Reading a syllable
What do you get when you join ㄴ + ㅏ?
Batchim
The consonant at the bottom of a syllable is the batchim. 가+ㄱ → 각, 사+ㄴ → 산.
Finding the batchim
What is the batchim in '산' (san, mountain)?