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- History<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Hangeul Day<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Korean Letters<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Korean Word Blocks<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Word Structure<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Bachim Consonants<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- How to Write Your First(s) Hangul Word<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Top Suggested Resources (Reference Videos \/ Blogs)<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Conclusion & Best Study Practice for Hangul<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
History:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n
Hangul (\ud55c\uae00) was created under King Sejong (fourth king of Chosun Dynasty) in 1446<\/strong>. Prior to the creation of Hangul, Korean people used to use traditional Chinese characters & Native Phonetic writing systems for writing.<\/p>\r\n
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King Sejong who invented Hangul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n And writing literacy was limited to people of higher class<\/strong> as writing required knowledge of Extensive Chinese Characters<\/strong> which only came with spending a lot of time<\/strong> and with the help of a teacher who already knew those Characters. So when it was introduced for first time, most of higher class people did stand in opposition of its implementation as that would allow common people to be able to learn writing as well.<\/p>\r\n
For Hangul there was a quote, I think from the King himself about learning. It goes something like this:<\/p>\r\n
“A wise men can learn Hangul before dawn (Overnight or can say in a Day & Night), and it would not take more than 7 Days for someone who is not that quick in learning.”<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
So it was something that made writing way easier for people. And even now if we compare it to Chinese or Japanese, it still is the easiest writing system. Although there are around 200 or so Hanja (Tradition Chinese Characters that are still used, but mostly those would be when things get way too formal e.g. on Sign Boards etc.) which are just needed to read the things on Sign Boards.<\/p>\r\n
When comes to learning writing fast, it’s better than remembering more than 2000 Kanji Characters or 5000 Chinese Characters when it comes to writing.<\/p>\r\n
Hangeul Day:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n
Hangeul Day<\/strong> in South Korea<\/strong> is celebration on October 9<\/strong>. It is called as Hangeul Day (with an extra e before u \ud83d\ude09 ), or Hangeul Proclamation Day.<\/p>\r\n
In North Korea<\/strong> it is celebrated on January 15<\/strong> & is called as Chos\u014fn’g\u016dl Day.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\nKorean Letters:<\/h3>\r\n
There are 24 letters in Korean, that include Consonants & Vowels. Apart from these there are 27 digraphs which are just the pair of characters like \u3143, \u3152etc. We’ll learn these as we go along with same. So first, let’s simply get started:<\/p>\r\n
Note: Best practice would be to<\/strong> keep a notebook by the side, and practice writing these at the same time. Installing a Keyboard on Mobile & PC<\/strong> also helps when needed e.g. when learning how to type in Korean.<\/p>\r\n
Firstly with Consonants:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
Consonants can be checked as in below table.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\n
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\n\t \n\ud55c\uc744<\/th> Name<\/th> Sound<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\t \u3131<\/td> Giyeok (\uae30\uc5ed)<\/td> g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3134<\/td> Nieun (\ub2c8\uc740)<\/td> n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3137<\/td> Digeut (\ub514\uadff)<\/td> d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3139<\/td> Rieul (\ub9ac\uc744)<\/td> r\/l<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3141<\/td> Mieum (\ubbf8\uc74c)<\/td> m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3142<\/td> Bieup (\ube44\uc74d)<\/td> b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3145<\/td> Siot (\uc2dc\uc637)<\/td> s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3147<\/td> ieung (\uc774\uc751)<\/td> Silent (at start of word) or ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3148<\/td> Jieut (\uc9c0\uc752)<\/td> j<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u314a<\/td> Chieut (\uce58\uc753)<\/td> ch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u314b<\/td> Kieuk (\ud0a4\uc754)<\/td> k<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u314c<\/td> Tieut (\ud2f0\uc755)<\/td> t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u314d<\/td> Pieup (\ud53c\uc756)<\/td> p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u314e<\/td> Hieut (\ud788\uc757)<\/td> h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3132<\/td> Ssanggiyeok (\uc30d\uae30\uc5ed)<\/td> kk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3138<\/td> Ssangdigeut (\uc30d\ub514\uadff)<\/td> tt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3143<\/td> Ssangbieup (\uc30d\ube44\uc74d)<\/td> pp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3146<\/td> Ssangsiot (\uc30d\uc2dc\uc637)<\/td> ss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3149<\/td> Ssangjieut (\uc30d\uc9c0\uc752)<\/td> jj<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n Vowels in Hangul :<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
There are total 21 Vowels including digraphs as well, which are as follows:<\/p>\r\n\n
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\n\t \n\ud55c\uc744<\/th> Sound<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\t \u314f<\/td> a (\uc544)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3153<\/td> eo (\uc5b4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3157<\/td> o (\uc624)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u315c<\/td> u (\uc6b0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3161<\/td> eu (\uc73c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3163<\/td> i (\uc774)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3151<\/td> ya (\uc57c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3155<\/td> yeo (\uc5ec)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u315b<\/td> yo (\uc694)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3160<\/td> yu (\uc720)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3150<\/td> ae (\uc560)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3152<\/td> yae (\uc598)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3154<\/td> e (\uc5d0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3156<\/td> ye (\uc608)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3162<\/td> ui (\uc758)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3158<\/td> wa (\uc640)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u3159<\/td> wae (\uc65c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u315a<\/td> oe (\uc678)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u315d<\/td> wo (\uc6cc)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u315e<\/td> we (\uc6e8)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t \u315f<\/td> wi (\uc704)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n
So these are the all of the Hangul letters that you would be using to write in Korean. Again these letters would be as follows:<\/p>\r\n
Consonants:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\u3131 \u3132 \u3134 \u3137 \u3138 \u3139 \u3141 \u3142 \u3143 \u3145 \u3146 \u3147 \u3148 \u3149 \u314a \u314b \u314c \u314d \u314e<\/p>\r\n
Vowels:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\u314f \u3150 \u3151 \u3152 \u3153 \u3154 \u3155 \u3156 \u3157 \u3158 \u3159 \u315a \u315b \u315c \u315d \u315e \u315f \u3160 \u3161 \u3162 \u3163<\/p>\r\n
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If you are thinking its too much of theory or want to learn these from Videos. Then, following is a good Playlist that I found on YouTube from KoreanClass101.Com<\/a> where they explain about Hangul Letters in detail. Pay attention to how these sound and try to follow as well as you watch the Videos:<\/p>\r\n
- Hangeul Day<\/a><\/li>\r\n