{"id":3305,"date":"2020-10-21T10:23:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2024-04-10T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T07:22:08","slug":"portuguese-letter-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/ko\/\ud3ec\ub974\ud22c\uac08\uc5b4-\ud3b8\uc9c0-x\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud3ec\ub974\ud22c\uac08\uc5b4\ub85c \ub41c \ubb38\uc790 X \u2013 \ubc1c\uc74c\ud558\ub294 \ubc29\ubc95"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ubc1c\uc74c\uacfc \uad00\ub828\ud558\uc5ec \ubb38\uc790 X\ub294 \ud3ec\ub974\ud22c\uac08\uc5b4\ub97c \ubc30\uc6b0\ub294 \uc0ac\ub78c\ub4e4\uc5d0\uac8c \uc0c1\ub2f9\ud788 \uc5b4\ub835\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4. \uc774\uc720\ub294 \ub2e4\uc74c\uacfc \uac19\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud3ec\ub974\ud22c\uac08\uc5b4\uc5d0\uc11c \ubb38\uc790 X\ub294 \ub124 \uac00\uc9c0 \uc5b8\uc5b4 \uc18c\ub9ac\ub97c \ub098\ud0c0\ub0c5\ub2c8\ub2e4. <span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">\/\u0283\/<\/span>-\uc18c\ub9ac(\uc5d0\uc11c\uc640 \uac19\uc774 <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">sh<\/span>ape<\/em>), <span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">\/ks\/<\/span>-\uc18c\ub9ac(\uc5d0\uc11c\uc640 \uac19\uc774 <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">ta<span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">x<\/span><\/em>), <span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">\/\uc9c0\/<\/span>-\uc18c\ub9ac(\uc5d0\uc11c\uc640 \uac19\uc774 <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">z<\/span>en<\/em>), \uadf8\ub9ac\uace0 <span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">\/\uc5d0\uc2a4\/<\/span>-\uc18c\ub9ac(\uc5d0\uc11c\uc640 \uac19\uc774 <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #0086b3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">s<\/span>un<\/em>). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, a few spelling patterns will make it easier for you.&nbsp;Learning these patterns and keeping them in the back of your mind will allow you, in most cases, to guess it right. Read on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-stackable-table-of-contents stk-block-table-of-contents stk-block stk-e970c26 stk-block-background\" data-block-id=\"e970c26\"><style>.stk-e970c26 li,.stk-e970c26 ul li a,.stk-e970c26 ol li a{font-size:18px !important;color:var(--theme-palette-color-7,#ffffff) !important}.stk-e970c26{background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-4,#060946) !important;border-top-left-radius:8px !important;border-top-right-radius:8px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:8px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:8px !important;overflow:hidden !important}.stk-e970c26:before{background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-4,#060946) !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-e970c26 li,.stk-e970c26 ul li a,.stk-e970c26 ol li a{font-size:18px !important}}<\/style><ul class=\"stk-table-of-contents__table has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"#\u0283-sound\">\/\u0283\/-\uc18c\ub9ac<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#words-starting-with-x\">X\ub85c \uc2dc\uc791\ud558\ub294 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data-block-id=\"adffd66\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-adffd66-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-adffd66-inner-blocks\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-5fba505\" data-block-id=\"5fba505\"><style>.stk-5fba505{border-top-left-radius:5px !important;border-top-right-radius:5px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:5px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:5px !important;overflow:hidden !important;box-shadow:1px 1px 5px 0px #0000007a !important}<\/style><figure><a class=\"stk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/ko\/lessons\/29\/\"><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Letter-X-and-its-sounds-Portuguesepedia.webp\" class=\"attachment-full 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stk-block-button-group stk-block stk-e322a4c\" data-block-id=\"e322a4c\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center stk-block-content stk-button-group\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button stk-block-button has-text-align-center stk-block-expand__show-button is-style-plain stk-block stk-57a77b5\" data-block-id=\"57a77b5\"><style>.stk-57a77b5 .stk-button{padding-top:10px !important;padding-bottom:10px !important;background:transparent !important}.stk-57a77b5 .stk-button:hover:after{background:transparent !important;opacity:1 !important}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,.stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-57a77b5 .stk-button:after{background:transparent !important;opacity:1 !important}.stk-57a77b5 .stk-button:before{border-style:solid !important;border-color:var(--theme-palette-color-7,#ffffff) !important}.stk-57a77b5 .stk-button__inner-text{font-size:13px !important;color:var(--theme-palette-color-7,#ffffff) !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-57a77b5 .stk-button__inner-text{font-size:13px !important}}<\/style><a aria-hidden=\"false\" role=\"button\" class=\"stk-link stk-button stk--hover-effect-darken\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/courses\/sounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-text-color stk-button__inner-text\">Portuguese Sounds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><a class=\"stk-link stk-block-link stk--transparent-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/courses\/sounds\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"\u0283-sound\">\/\u0283\/-\uc18c\ub9ac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">X\uac00 \uc0dd\uc131\ud558\ub294 \uac00\uc7a5 \uc77c\ubc18\uc801\uc778 \uc5b8\uc5b4 \uc18c\ub9ac\ub294 \ub2e8\uc5f0 \/\u0283\/-\uc18c\ub9ac\uc785\ub2c8\ub2e4. <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">a<\/em><strong><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">sh<\/em><\/strong><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">es<\/em>). \/\u0283\/-\uc18c\ub9ac\ub97c \ub098\ud0c0\ub0b4\ub294 \uba87 \uac00\uc9c0 \ucca0\uc790 \ud328\ud134\uc744 \uc0b4\ud3b4\ubcf4\uaca0\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"words-starting-with-x\">X\ub85c \uc2dc\uc791\ud558\ub294 \ub2e8\uc5b4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">X\ub85c \uc2dc\uc791\ud558\ub294 \uac70\uc758 \ubaa8\ub4e0 \ud3ec\ub974\ud22c\uac08\uc5b4 \ub2e8\uc5b4\ub294 \/\u0283\/-\uc18c\ub9ac\ub97c \ub0c5\ub2c8\ub2e4. \ub2e4\uc74c\uc740 \uba87 \uac00\uc9c0 \uc608\uc785\ub2c8\ub2e4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  <!--Init Awesome icon library-->\n    <link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/font-awesome\/6.0.0-beta3\/css\/all.min.css'>\n\n\n\n\n\n   \n   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