This is another addition to the series about the Korean script, 한글. The following article will cover stroke orders of the Korean alphabet in order to help you to become proficient in writing Korean vowels and consonants.

Do you remember learning how to form each letter of the English alphabet when you were a child? The Korean alphabet also has certain stroke orders to form each letter. In order to differentiate letters in the Korean alphabet and make your writing legible to other Korean readers, learning proper stroke orders will help you to become familiar with the Korean writing system. The following is the typical stroke orders of how to write the Korean alphabet.

• From left to right
• From top to bottom
• From outside to inside

Please refer to the following pictures for the proper stroke orders of each consonant and vowel.

♣  Stroke orders of the 21 Korean Vowels

• 10 Basic Vowels

ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ

• 11 Complex Vowels

ㅐ ㅒ ㅔ ㅖ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅢ

♣  Stroke orders of  the 19 Korean Consonants

• 14 Single Consonants

ㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅅㅇㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎ

• 5 Double Consonants

ㄲㄸㅃㅆㅉ

Photo by KLM

I hope this series of articles about the Korean scripts has helped you to understand 한글, including a brief history, the consonants and vowels, and the stroke orders of the Korean alphabet.

감사합니다! (Thank you!)