Hangul

Also known as Chosongul, Hangeul, Chosŏn'gŭl, Hangŭl, Hang, Hunminjeong'eum

The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. It has gone by a variety of names, such as ' in North Korea, Hangul internationally, and ' in South Korea. The script's original name was ''''''.

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Hangul is the modern alphabet used to write the Korean language, and it's known by different names in different regions—called Hangul internationally and in South Korea, while North Korea uses an alternative name. The script has become the standard writing system for Korean speakers worldwide.

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Key facts

Writing system.name: Korean alphabet
Writing system.type: Alphabet
Writing system.sample: Hangul chosongul fontembed.svg
Writing system.caption: Hangul text. Top is the North Korean name, , and bottom is the international and South Korean name, or
Writing system.time: 1443 or 1444 to present
Writing system.iso15924: Hang
Writing system.iso15924 note: (for the jamo subset)
Writing system.direction: Left-to-right Top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left
Korean name/auto.child: yes
Korean name/auto.title: North Korean name
Korean name/auto.hangul: ^조선글
Korean name/auto.hanja: 朝鮮글
Korean name/auto.othername1: South Korean name
Korean name/auto.hangul1: ^한글

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Корейский язык 한글

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inception: 1443-00-00
Commons category: Hangul
described at URL: cheonilguk.ru/Koreyskiy-yazyk-hangeul
Unicode range: U+D7B0-D7FF
name: hangeul
native label: 반절

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51 sections

Contents

Names
Classifications
Featural script
History
Background
Origin
Spread
Enlightenment and Korean Empire periods
Colonial period
Liberation and division
Distribution outside Korea
Letters
Letter counts
Consonant letters
Vowel letters
Letter names
Design
Alphabetic order
North Korean order
South Korean order
Obsolete letters
Orthography
Syllable blocks
Spelling
North–South differences
Punctuation
South Korean punctuation
North Korean punctuation
Writing direction
Style
Stroke order
Hangul and computers
Encoding methods
Hangul keyboards
Derivatives and uses for other languages
Use for Jeju
Uses for non-Koreanic languages
Cia-Cia language
Chitembo language
Evaluations and legacy
Notes
References
Sources
In English
Books
Academic articles
In Korean
Books
Academic articles
Primary sources
External links

Before Hangul's creation, Korea had been using Hanja (Chinese characters) since antiquity. As Hanja was poorly suited for representing the Korean language, and because its difficulty contributed to high illiteracy, Joseon king Sejong the Great () moved to create Hangul. The script was announced around late 1443 to early 1444 and officially published in 1446 via the text Hunminjeongeum and its companion commentary Hunminjeongeum Haerye. While Hangul saw gradual adoption among both the elite and commoners, it was looked down upon by the elite for centuries. It only began to receive societal acceptance in the late 19th century. It is now the predominant script for Korean in both Koreas and among the Korean diaspora. It is also used to write the Jeju language, and to a limited degree, the Cia-Cia language of Indonesia.