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Hangul is the alphabet used with the Korean language.

The letters do not look like English letters, they have very much their own look. Also they are combined into blocks, you could say they are written in zig-zag.

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[change] Vowels

Vowels are letters like A, E, O and so on
There are 21 letters for vowels in Hangul.

  • 10 simple ones, ㅏㅓㅣㅑㅕ and ㅗㅜㅡㅛㅠ.
  • 11 more complicated combinations: ㅐㅒㅔㅖ and ㅘㅙㅚㅝㅞㅟㅢ.

Meaning:

ㅏ ㅓ ㅣ ㅑ ㅕ ㅗ ㅜ ㅡ ㅛ ㅠ ㅐ ㅒ ㅔ ㅖ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅢ
a eo i ya yeo o u eu yo yu ae yae e ye wa wae oe wo we wi ui

Those with two small marks are pronounced with an extra "y" first.

[change] Consonants

Consonants are letters like B, G, L, M, N, S and so on.
There are 14 simple consonants: ㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅅㅇㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎ
They can be written two next to each other. Meaning:

ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ  
g n d l m b s ng* j ch k t p h  

*Note: ㅇ is silent if it comes first in a syllable.

[change] Blocks

The consonants and vowels are combined into blocks of syllables. A syllable means one vowel and a few consonants, like "han" and "gul".

The blocks look like these examples: 서울 한글 평양

[change] Examples

Seoul 서울   Hangul 한글   Pyongyang 평양
ㅅ ㅓ ㅇ ㅜ ㄹ ㅎ ㅏ ㄴ ㄱ ㅡ ㄹ ㅍ ㅕ ㅇ ㅇ ㅑ ㅇ
s eo - u l h a n g eu l p yeo ng ya ng


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