Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul)

Since the Korean alphabet was invented in the 15th century, there have been various changes in the way it is written. The most notable change is the way the characters are written in a block form. In the past, the characters were written in a line form. This made it difficult to read and write, so the block form was developed to make it easier. The Korean alphabet is made up of 24 letters, and is written from left to right. Each letter has its own sound, and when put together, they make up syllables. There are 14 consonants and 10 vowels. The consonants are ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ and the vowels are ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅗ, ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅠ, ㅡ, ㅣ. To write a syllable, you start with the consonant and then add the vowel. If there is more than one consonant in a syllable, they are written together. For example, the word for ‘river’ is written as 나무 (namu) which is made up of the consonants 나 and 무, and the vowel ㅜ. In addition to the 24 letters, there are also 11 compound letters. These are made up of two or more of the basic letters, and are used to represent sounds that are not possible with the basic letters. For example, ㄲ is made up of ㄱ and ㄱ, and is used to represent the sound of ‘kk’. The Korean alphabet is not difficult to learn, and once you know how to read and write it, you will be able to read and write Korean words and sentences.