김 and 킴 ?
what's the difference between 김 and 킴 ?
킴 it has the same pronunciation and the same meaning ?
if it's yes why do we write ㅋ instead ㄱ ?

Thanks in advance

Question

김 and 킴 ? 
what's the difference between 김 and 킴 ?
킴 it has the same pronunciation and the same meaning ? 
if it's yes why do we write ㅋ instead ㄱ ?

Thanks in advance

Answer

ㄱㅋ
ㄷㅌ
ㅈㅊ
ㅂㅍ
In each pair, the latter is more aspirated. For example, ㅋ will have a puffy whoosh of air, while ㄱ will have little to no puff. Same with all the puffs. You could say this 김 is said more like cim (no puff, or kim) and 킴 as kim (puff, or k'im)

Answer

http://koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=Learn_hangeul

Take a look at that site. There are audio files where you can listen to the difference between all characters. In short, you let out a little bit more air when you say ᄏ.

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