Korean alphabet, also known as 한글 (Hangeul), is the modern official writing system for the Korean language.

History

King Sejong the Great created Hangeul in 1443 and Hangeul was officially proclaimed in 1446. Before King Sejong created Hangeul, Chinese characters was the writing system. Only privileged people knew Chinese characters, making most ordinary people illiterate. King Sejong was sympathetic to the illiterate and created Hangeul to address this issue.

Introduction

Consonants of Hangeul was made based on human vocalizations such as the position and shape of the tongue. And the vowels are made the sky, earth, and human.

Sky is depicted as a dot in the middle ( · ).

Earth is a horizontal line ( ㅡ ).

Human is a vertical line ( ㅣ ).

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Korean alphabet consists of:

There are 10 basic vowels, 11 combination vowels, 14 consonants, and 5 double consonants.