{"id":4774,"date":"2017-07-19T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T03:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2017-07-19T17:37:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:37:01","slug":"the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-scientific-and-phonetic-korean-script-%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80hangeul-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scientific and Phonetic Korean Script, \ud55c\uae00(Hangeul)  #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you familiar with the Korean script called, <em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em> (Hangeul)? If you are interested in building fluency in Korean, especially in reading and writing, this series of posts will help you in understanding and learning the structure of <em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em>. This post will cover a brief history of <em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em> and how to form syllables in Korean. The next series will cover several interesting facts and detailed explanations of Korean consonants and vowels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4775 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-350x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Korean alphabet, <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud55c\uae00 <\/em><\/span>(Hangeul) was created by King Sejong in 1443. <em><span style=\"color: #808000\">\ud55c\uae00\u00a0<\/span> <\/em>was originally called <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c<\/em><\/span> (Hunminjeongeum), which stood for, \u201ccorrect sounds to instruct the people.\u201d Before the creation of \u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c<\/em><\/span>, Koreans borrowed Chinese characters to transliterate Korean sounds, and this method was not always comparable. Thus, King Sejong wanted to invent an alphabet system that was suitable for the Korean language, and a system that people could learn to read and write easily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many letters are in\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em><\/span><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are total of 19 consonants and 21 vowels in the Korean language. Generally speaking, you will learn the first14 consonants and 10 vowels in red and blue listed below. The next post will cover more detailed information on Korean consonants and their sounds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>19 consonants are the following:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3131\u3134\u3137\u3139\u3141\u3142\u3145\u3147\u3148\u314a\u314b\u314c\u314d\u314e<\/span> \u3132\u3138\u3143\u3146\u3149<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>21 vowel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f \u3151 \u3153 \u3155 \u3157 \u315b \u315c \u3160 \u3161 \u3163<\/span> \u3150 \u3152 \u3154 \u3156 \u3158 \u3159 \u315a \u315d \u315e \u315f \u3162<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I structure a syllable in Korean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A group of characters represent a single syllable, and each syllable has a squarish look. Like English you write from left to right. However unlike English, you always start a syllable with a consonant. There are two different combinations of syllables, either <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span> (vowel) or <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span> (vowel) + <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C<\/span> (consonant) such as in the following examples:<\/p>\n<p>ex)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0C<\/span> + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em>\uac00<\/em> : <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3131<\/span><\/strong>(consonant ) + <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span><\/strong>(vowel)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><em>\uc218<\/em> : <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3145<\/span><\/strong> (consonant)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">+ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 +<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u315c<\/span><\/strong> (vowel)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 C<\/span> + <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">V<\/span> + <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><em>\ud55c<\/em> : <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u314e<\/span><\/strong>(consonant) +<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u314f<\/span><\/strong>(vowel) + <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3134<\/span><\/strong> (consonant)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><em>\uad6d<\/em> : <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3131<\/span><\/strong> (consonant)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0V\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0 \u315c<\/span><\/strong> (vowel)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0C\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>\u3131<\/strong><\/span> (consonant)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to check out my next series of articles, which contains detailed information about Korean consonants and vowels.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this article will help to guide you in your understanding of the Korean script, <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em><\/span>. If you are interested in gaining a more in-depth knowledge of \u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uad6d\ub9bd\ud55c\uae00\ubc15\ubb3c\uad00<\/em><\/span> (The National Hangeul Museum) would be an excellent place to visit. This article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80-the-journey-of-the-korean-script\/\"><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud55c\uae00<\/em><\/span>: The Journey of the Korean Script<\/a>\u201d has information on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uad6d\ub9bd\ud55c\uae00\ubc15\ubb3c\uad00\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(The National Hangeul Museum).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uac10\uc0ac\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/em><em>!<\/em><\/span><strong> (Thank you!)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-350x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/\uc138\uc885\uacfc-\ud6c8\ubbfc\uc815\uc74c-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Are you familiar with the Korean script called, \ud55c\uae00 (Hangeul)? If you are interested in building fluency in Korean, especially in reading and writing, this series of posts will help you in understanding and learning the structure of \ud55c\uae00. 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