007 [ j = ㅈ ] '자' pronunced 'ja'

Korean alphabet, Hangul is divided into consonants and vowels.

consonant : ㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅅㅇ   ㅈ   ㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎ
vowels :  ㅏ  ㅑㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡㅣ

 

 

The ninth consonant 'ㅈ' sounds like 'j' and the first vowels 'ㅏ' sounds like 'a'.
Two letters be combined to become '자' sounds like 'ja'.


Same pronunciation as 'Java(자바)'

z is also written as 'ㅈ' like j.

 

 

 

Now, you can read some words with '자'

자다/jada/ means sleep.

 

 

 

사자/saja/ means lion.

 

바다사자/badasaja/ means sealion.#바다=sea

 

 

When it comes to song that start with '자',
the music video "자니/jani/(means 'Do you sleep?')" surpassed 1.1 million views on YouTube
https://youtu.be/sQxrSj6g-3o