This makes Korean a great language for learning quickly and easily. On top of this, the Korean language has a grammar structure that can be mastered by understanding some basic rules. That makes learning both Hangul and Korean quite easy. Unlike Japanese or Chinese, which have thousands of characters and each can have 10, 15, or more strokes, the most complex Korean character in the alphabet can be written using only five strokes. The Korean Alphabet has 14 consonants and 10 vowels. It’s also quite easy to write in Hangul since the letters follow a basic order.ĭid you know that there are fewer letters in the Korean alphabet than there are letters in the English alphabet? It’s one of the best writing systems for beginners to learn who don’t know any Korean. Since Hangul is a very scientific alphabet. To have good pronunciation of the Hangul consonants and vowels, it’s best to use the associations below as a guide and learn how each letter is correctly pronounced. If you’re learning Korean, or want to know the correct pronunciation, then you should use the associations later in this lesson and learn the correct pronunciation of the Korean alphabet consonants. The romanization is only used for the spelling of the Korean word in English letters. The spelling changes depending on whether the consonants are positioned at the start or the end of the syllable. Next to each of the consonants is the romanized spelling for that particular consonant. The first Hangul chart, or Korean alphabet chart, is for the consonants. Hangul Chartīelow is a basic Hangul chart for the consonants and the vowels of the Korean alphabet. These syllables can be sounded out just like words in English. The Korean alphabet consists of consonants and vowels that form syllable blocks.
That makes it easy to learn because you can use the English sounds to learn the Korean letter sounds. The Korean alphabet sounds share a lot of similarities to the English alphabet. Put them together, and you’ve got the term “Korean letter”, or “Korean Alphabet”. “Han” means “Korean”, and “gul” means “letter”. The word Hangul comes from the Chinese characters 韓㐎. “Hangul” is the most common way, and “Hangeul” is the newer way of writing it. There are two different ways of spelling the same word. Hangul is also written in English as “Hangeul”.
Both South Korea and North Korea use the writing system created by King Sejong the Great. The same writing system is used in North Korea which is called Joseongeul (조선글). Korean is the official language of South Korea, and it uses Hangul as its alphabet and writing system. That means you can say Hangul and Korean alphabet interchangeably since they mean the same thing. The official writing system for South Korea is Hangul (한글), which is the name for the Korean Alphabet system. 4.6 Korean Double Consonants Pronunciation.