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Difference ㄱ and ㄲ

I have a little bit of a difficult question perhaps, since I am not referring to English to make something clear. Nevertheless if someone would understand me:

It seems to me that the:
ㄱ is like the g in the French word garçon (boy), or the German word gehen (to go).
ㄲ is like the k in the German word Kernkraft (nuclear power). Or the q in the Spanish phrase '¿Que tu dices?' (What are you saying?)

Is this more or less correct?

For learning: Korean
Base language: English
Category: Language

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    We have ㄱ,ㄲ, and ㅋ.
    You know ㄱ sound accurately, but one more thing you should know is we make ㄱ related sounds including ㄲ and ㅋ, [g] sound from throat like [r] in French.
    ㅋ sounds like kleine and frank in German, ㄲ is more likely [q] qui in French.

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