Examples and meanings例義
ㄱ，牙音，如君字初彂聲。並書，如虯字初彂聲。 ㅋ，牙音，如快字初彂聲。 ㆁ，牙音，如業字初彂聲。 ㄷ，舌音，如斗字初彂聲。並書，如覃字初彂聲。 ㅌ，舌音，如呑字初彂聲。 ㄴ，舌音，如那字初彂聲。 ㅂ，脣音，如彆字初彂聲。並書，如步字初彂聲。 ㅍ，脣音，如漂字初彂聲。 ㅁ，脣音，如彌字初彂聲。 ㅈ，齒音，如卽字初彂聲。並書，如慈字初彂聲。 ㅊ，齒音，如侵字初彂聲。 ㅅ，齒音，如戌字初彂聲。並書。如邪字初彂聲。 ㆆ，喉音，如挹字初彂聲。 ㅎ，喉音，如虛字初彂聲。並書，如洪字初彂聲。 ㅇ，喉音，如欲字初彂聲。 ㄹ，半舌音，如閭字初彂聲。 ㅿ，半齒音，如穰字初彂聲。 ㆍ，如呑字中聲。 ㅡ，如卽字中聲。 ㅣ，如侵字中聲。 ㅗ，如洪字中聲。 ㅏ，如覃字中聲。 ㅜ，如君字中聲。 ㅓ，如業字中聲。 ㅛ，如欲字中聲。 ㅑ，如穰字中聲。 ㅠ，如戌字中聲。 ㅕ，如彆字中聲。
ㄱ is a molar sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 君 gun. Written side by side, it is like the initial sound of the character 虯 gyu. ㅋ is a molar sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 快 kwae. ㆁ is a molar sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 業 eop. ㄷ is a lingual sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 斗 du. Written side by side, it is like the initial sound of the character 覃 dam. ㅌ is a lingual sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 呑 tan. ㄴ is a lingual sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 那 na. ㅂ is a labial sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 彆 byeol. Written side by side, it is like the initial sound of the character 步 bo. ㅍ is a labial sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 漂 pyo. ㅁ is a labial sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 彌 mi. ㅈ is a dental sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 卽 jeuk. Written side by side, it is like the initial sound of the character 慈 ja. ㅊ is a dental sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 侵 chim. ㅅ is a dental sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 戌 sul. Written side by side, it is like the initial sound of the character 邪 sa. ㆆ is a guttural sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 挹 eup. ㅎ is a guttural sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 虛 heo. Written side by side, it is like the initial sound of the character 洪 hong. ㅇ is a guttural sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 欲 yok. ㄹ is a semi-lingual sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 閭 ryeo. ㅿ is a semi-dental sound; it is like the initial sound of the character 穰 yang. ㆍ is like the medial sound of the character tan. ㅡ is like the medial sound of the character jeuk. ㅣ is like the medial sound of the character chim. ㅗ is like the medial sound of the character hong. ㅏ is like the medial sound of the character dam. ㅜ is like the medial sound of the character gun. ㅓ is like the medial sound of the character eop. ㅛ is like the medial sound of the character yok. ㅑ is like the medial sound of the character yang. ㅠ is like the medial sound of the character sul. ㅕ is like the medial sound of the character byeol.
終聲復用初聲。ㅇ連書脣音之下則爲脣輕音。初聲合用則並書，終聲同。ㆍㅡㅗㅜㅛㅠ附書初聲之下，ㅣㅏㅓㅑㅕ附書於右。凡字必合而成音。 左加一點則去聲，二則上聲，無則平聲。入聲加點同而促急。 （漢音齒聲有齒頭正齒之別。ᅎᅔᅏᄼᄽ字用於齒頭。ᅐᅕᅑᄾᄿ字用於正齒。牙舌脣喉之字通用於漢音。）
For the final sound the initial letters are used again. When ㅇ is written joined beneath a labial letter it becomes a light labial sound. To write initial letters together, they are written side by side, and the same holds for the final sounds. ㆍㅡㅗㅜㅛㅠ are written attached beneath the initial letter, and ㅣㅏㅓㅑㅕ are written attached to its right. In every case a letter must be joined with others before it forms a sound.
Adding one dot to the left gives the high tone, two dots the rising tone, and no dot the even tone. The entering tone adds dots in the same way, but is quick and abrupt.
In the Chinese readings of the characters the dental sounds are divided into front-of-the-teeth (齒頭) and true-teeth (正齒). The letters ᅎᅔᅏᄼᄽ are used for the front-of-the-teeth sounds, and the letters ᅐᅕᅑᄾᄿ for the true-teeth sounds. The molar, lingual, labial and guttural letters are used throughout for the Chinese readings as well.