Korean Alphabet (Hangul)

History of Hangul

The History of Hangul is a 3-part article outlining the engineering of the Korean language.


Learn what Korean looks like and how the letters are pronounced.


This is your next stop - to find out how these funny-looking symbols fit together to make syllables and words.


Here are some examples of how Hangul is pronounced in words and sentences.


Romanization helps those who can't read Korean to pronounce it.

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