Hangul

E25453
Korean script alphabet featural alphabet writing system

Hangul is the native alphabetic writing system of the Korean language, renowned for its scientific design and ease of learning.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Chosŏn'gŭl 1
Hangeul 1
Hangul Jamo 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
featural alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hangul ⓘ
surface form: Chosŏn'gŭl

Hangul ⓘ
surface form: Hangeul

Joseongeul ⓘ
commemoratedOn Hangul Day ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Korea
createdBy Joseon court scholars ⓘ
creator Sejong the Great ⓘ
dateOfCreation 1443 ⓘ
dateOfProclamation 1446 ⓘ
developedIn Joseon ⓘ
surface form: Joseon dynasty
encodingStandard Unicode ⓘ
graphemicUnit jamo ⓘ
HangulDayObservedIn North Korea ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
hasJamoType choseong (initial consonant) ⓘ
jongseong (final consonant) ⓘ
jungseong (medial vowel) ⓘ
influenced Korean Braille ⓘ
influencedBy phonological structure of Korean ⓘ
ISO15924Code Hang ⓘ
ISO15924Number 286 ⓘ
nativeLanguageOf Korean ⓘ
surface form: Korean language
numberOfBasicConsonants 14 ⓘ
numberOfBasicVowels 10 ⓘ
officialScriptOf North Korea ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
originalName Hunminjeongeum ⓘ
recognizedFor ease of learning ⓘ
phonemic transparency ⓘ
scientific design ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
featural ⓘ
syllableStructure block-like syllable clusters ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Hangul Compatibility Jamo ⓘ
Hangul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hangul Jamo

Hangul Jamo Extended-A ⓘ
Hangul Jamo Extended-B ⓘ
Hangul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hangul Syllables
usedIn Koreans ⓘ
surface form: Korean diaspora communities

North Korea ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ
writingSystemFor Korean ⓘ
surface form: Korean language

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hangul → UnicodeBlock → Hangul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hangul Syllables
Hangul → UnicodeBlock → Hangul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hangul Jamo
Hangul → alsoKnownAs → Hangul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hangeul
Hangul → alsoKnownAs → Hangul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chosŏn'gŭl
Jung → hasScript → Hangul ⓘ
East Asia → hasWritingSystem → Hangul ⓘ
Juché → script → Hangul ⓘ
subject surface form: Juche
KORMARC → supportsScript → Hangul ⓘ
Saha District → usesScript → Hangul ⓘ
Daejeon → writingSystem → Hangul ⓘ
Gwangju → writingSystem → Hangul ⓘ
Korean → writingSystem → Hangul ⓘ
North Korea → writingSystem → Hangul ⓘ
Pyeongtaek → writingSystem → Hangul ⓘ
South Korea → writingSystem → Hangul ⓘ