Hangul

E25453

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

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Hangul canonical 214
Hangeul 2
Chosŏn'gŭl 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (223)

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

Rodong Sinmun script Hangul
Miryang writingSystem Hangul
Korean MARC usesScript Hangul
Dong-gu usesWritingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Dong-gu, Daejeon
Seo District writingSystem Hangul
Yangsan writingSystem Hangul
Seo-gu usesWritingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Seo-gu, Daejeon
Jung-gu writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Jung-gu, Ulsan
Dong-gu writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Dong-gu, Ulsan
Bugok-dong writingSystem Hangul
Jurye-dong writingSystem Hangul
Sasang-dong writingSystem Hangul
Yong-il writingSystem Hangul
Osan writingSystem Hangul
Gimpo writingSystem Hangul
Uiwang writingSystem Hangul
Hanam usesWritingSystem Hangul
Guri writingSystem Hangul
Sudogwon writingSystem Hangul
Seoul dialect hasScript Hangul
Pyongyang dialect script Hangul
Taeyangjeol script Hangul
Jeong writingSystem Hangul
Yangju writingSystem Hangul
Pyong-il writingSystem Hangul
Asan writingSystem Hangul
Gyeongju writingSystem Hangul
Anyang writingSystemUsed Hangul
Gangwon dialect script Hangul