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.

Cia-Cia writingSystem Hangul
Gangjin writingSystem Hangul
Dangsan-dong writingSystem Hangul
Gamman-dong writingSystem Hangul
Singil-dong writingSystem Hangul
Kum-song writingSystem Hangul
Jung-gu writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Jung-gu, Daegu
Dong-gu writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Dong-gu, Daegu
Seo-gu writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Seo-gu, Daegu
Guwol-dong writingSystem Hangul
Sangju writingSystem Hangul
Yeongju writingSystem Hangul
Yeongcheon writingSystem Hangul
Ganghwa-eup writingSystem Hangul
Yongho-dong writingSystem Hangul
Uam-dong writingSystem Hangul
Moonbae-dong writingSystem Hangul
Kyeyang-ku writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Kyeyang-gu
Gangseo-gu writingSystem Hangul
Man-il writingSystem Hangul
Youn writingSystem Hangul
Suseo writingSystem Hangul
Nopo writingSystem Hangul
Yeoncheon writingSystem Hangul
Yeonje District, Busan writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Yeonje District
Yeongnam writingSystem Hangul
Cheongju, South Korea writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Cheongju
Geumjeong-gu writingSystem Hangul
Hwasun County, South Korea writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Hwasun County
Daejeon, South Korea writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Daejeon
won writingSystem Hangul
won writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: South Korean won
won writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: North Korean won
Munhwaŏ writingSystem Hangul