Wat is a Batchim? (받침)

24 May

받침 (Batchim) is a reference to a the final consonant in a Korean syllable.

Simply said, when you look at a korean syllable, the 받침 (Patchim) comes last; usually the case when when the noun ends in a consonant.

Every final consonant is '받침'

The word 받침 (Patchim) means tray, just like you would put your lemon juice on a tray, also Korean letters can lay on a tray.

Sources:
Koreanwikiproject

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