Hangeul
한글

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangeul (sometimes spelled Hangul) in South Korea and Chosongul in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great 조선 세종 (1397 - 1450 CE). He originally named the writing system 훈민정음 Hunminjeongeum.

The name hangeul (한글) was coined by Korean linguist Ju Si-Gyeong in 1912. The name combines the ancient Korean word han (한), meaning great, and geul (글), meaning script. The word han is used to refer to Korea in general, so the name also means Korean script.

Modern Hangul uses 24 basic letters: 14 consonant letters (with 5 double consonant sounds) and 10 vowel letters (with 11 combined vowel sounds). There are also 27 complex letters that are formed by combining the basic letters: 5 tense consonant letters, 11 complex consonant letters, and 11 complex vowel letters. It is now typically written from left to right with spaces between words serving as dividers, unlike in Japanese and Chinese.

ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ

ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ

19 Consonant Sounds

ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ

ㄱ - g/k
ㄲ - kk
ㄴ - n
ㄷ - d/t
ㄸ - dd
ㄹ- l/r
ㅁ - m
ㅂ - p/b
ㅃ - pp
ㅅ - s/t
ㅆ - ss
ㅇ - ng
ㅈ - j
ㅉ - jj
ㅊ - ch
ㅋ - k
ㅌ - t
ㅍ - p
ㅎ - h

21 Vowel Sounds

ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ

ㅏ - a - “ah”
ㅐ - ae - “eyh”
ㅑ - ya - “yah”
ㅒ - yae - “yeyh”
ㅓ - eo - “uh”
ㅔ - e - “ay”
ㅕ - yeo - “yuh”
ㅖ - ye - “yay”
ㅗ - o - “oh”
ㅘ - wa - “wah”
ㅙ - wae - “weyh”
ㅚ - oe - “way”
ㅛ - yo - “yoh”
ㅜ - u - “oo”
ㅝ - weo - “woh”
ㅞ - we - “way”
ㅟ - wi - “wee”
ㅠ - yu - “yoo”
ㅡ - eu - “oo”
ㅢ - eui - “ooee”
ㅣ - i - “ee”