Order of consonant letters in dictionary

• Basic Consonant letters (bold-faced) define each section, and each section begins with its representative consonant letter.


• The five double consonants (underlined) follow their respective basic consonant; that is:
  �� after ��, �� after ��, �� after ��, �� after ��, and �� after ��.


• The aspirated (heavy air coming out) consonant letters (orange-colored) come last.


• Among the aspirated (heavy air coming out) consonant letters (orange-colored), the order of ��, ��, and �� follows the order of their base consonant letters (��, ��, and ��).

Order of vowel letters in dictionary

• Group order: '��'-Group, '��'-Group, '��'-Group, '��'- Group, and '��', '��', and '��'.


• Within each group, y-diphthong comes last, and the complex vowels are ordered in the order of the vowel letter that is added to the base vowel.

Dictionary entries: The first section begins with ��, and the last section begins with ��.
�� .... ��.... �� ........�� ... ��...�� ..... �� ... �� ...................................................�� ...
�� ... �� ... �� .....��................................................��......��.........,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,........�� ...
�� ... �� ... �� ......��...................................................................��.......��.... �� ...
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�� ...�� ... �� ...............................................................................................�� ....

• No word begins with ��+��
• No word begins with ��+��
• No setcion on ��+�� through ��+��
• No section on ��+�� through ��+��

Exercises: Circle the word that occurs first in the dictionary (Click here for answers).

Instruction:

• When the initinal consonants are different, follow the order of the consonant letters. (1), (4)
• When the initial consonants are the same, follow the order of the vowel letters. (3)
• When there's no initinal consonant, follow the order of the vowel letters. (2)
• When the intial syllable is the same, follow the order of the initial consonant of the following syllable. (5)
  The syllable without a final consonant (��ħ) must come before any syllable with a final consonant added to it.

(1) ����, ����, ����, �б�, ����, ������

(2) �̹߼�, ��Ӵ�, , ����, �ֱ�, ����

(3) ����, ����, ����, ��, �ſ�, �Ž�

(4) ī�޶�, ȣ��, ����, Ÿ�ڱ�

(5) ����, ����, ���μ�, ��, ����, ����

(6) ������, ����, ����, ��, ����, ��

(7) ����, ����, ��, �ٴ�, �ٴ�, �����