Reading Hangeul

Here's where it starts to get tricky, BUT DON'T WORRY! I'm going to try and explain this as best as I can with the help of the "Korean Language Guide- Learn Korean: LP's Korean Language Learning" by Luke Park.

Words written in Hangeul are made of 'characters'. There are two rules to make a character. 

1.Consonant + Vowel = Character

2.Consonant + Vowel + Final consonant = Character

Each character is made inside one "box". Here we have nine different ways the letters can be organized inside of a 'box' to create a character. Each 'block' inside the box is a letter, where C represents a consonant, V represents a vowel, FC  represents a final consonant, and FC1 & FC2 represent two final consonants together.

Notice that both 'rules' to make a character are applied in the picture above. Row one follows the first rule and row two and three follow the second rule. 

So how do you read the characters?

You read the C first, then the V (if there's more than one V ALWAYS read the V1 first and then V2) and finally the FC (if there's more than one FC ALWAYS read the FC1 first and then FC2). 

Let's practice now.

From box one:
나:ᄂ(n) +ㅏ(ah) = 나(nah)

From box two:
소:ㅅ (s)+ ㅗ (oh) = 소 (soh)

From box three:
되: ㄷ (d) + ㅗ (oh) + ㅣ(ee) = 되 (doe)

From box four:
정: ㅈ (j) + ㅓ(eo) + ㅇ (ng) = 정 (jeong)

From box five:
송: ㅅ (s) + ㅗ (oh) + ㅇ (ng) = 송 (song)

From box six:
왕: ㅇ (silent) + ㅗ (oh) + ㅏ(ah) + ㅇ (ng)= 왕 (wang)

From box seven:
삵: ㅅ (s) + ㅏ(ah) + ㄹ (r) + ㄱ (k)= 삵 (sak) *NOTE WHEN ㄹ + ㄱ ARE FINAL CONSONANTS ONLY THE ㄱ IS PRONOUNCED*

From box eight:
솞: ㅅ (s) + ㅗ (oh) + ㅂ (b) + ㅅ (s) = 솞 (sob) *NOTE WHEN ㅂ + ㅅ ARE FINAL CONSONANTS ONLY THE ㅂ IS PRONOUNCED*

From box nine:
곿: ㄱ (k) + ㅗ (oh) + ㅏ(ah) + ㄱ (k) + ㅅ (s) = 곿 (kwak) *NOTE WHEN ㄱ + ㅅ ARE FINAL CONSONANTS ONLY THE ㄱ IS PRONOUNCED*