Principle of Korean Alphabet
Korean Alphabet – History
Korean Alphabet or Hangul is a very scientific writing system created about 500 years ago by King Sejong the Great in Korea. Since only those educated were able to read and write using the old Korean wiring system, King Sejong wanted to give Korean people a practical and easy way of reading and writing to promote literacy. This is the only language that has its creator and date of creation in the world.
Principles
- The Korean Alphabet has 21 vowels and 19 consonants. Combining vowels and consonants, it can express 11,000 sounds. We’ll start learning 10 basic vowels and 10 basic consonants.
- Hangul is not written in a single line like the alphabet of English but is written by gathering it into one syllable (or “boxes”), existing within small invisible “boxes”.
- One Syllable (or “boxes”) must always start with a consonant, and then have a vowel following it.
- One syllable requires one vowel as a must and an additional 1 to 3 consonants. Each box can have up to 4 characters.
- When you write (or read) a syllable, you write (or read) left to right, top to bottom.
