Hangul

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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 Chosŏn'gŭl
linked to: Hangul

Hangeul
linked to: Hangul

Joseongeul
commemoratedOn Hangul Day
countryOfOrigin Korea
linked to: Korean Peninsula
createdBy Joseon court scholars
creator Sejong the Great
dateOfCreation 1443
dateOfProclamation 1446
developedIn Joseon dynasty
linked to: Joseon
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 language
linked to: Korean
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 Jamo
linked to: Hangul

Hangul Jamo Extended-A
Hangul Jamo Extended-B
Hangul Syllables
linked to: Hangul
usedIn Korean diaspora communities
linked to: Koreans

North Korea
South Korea
writingDirection left-to-right
top-to-bottom
writingSystemFor Korean language
linked to: Korean

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Referenced by (223)

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

East Asia hasWritingSystem Hangul
South Korea writingSystem Hangul
North Korea writingSystem Hangul
Hangul alsoKnownAs Hangeul
linked to: Hangul
Hangul alsoKnownAs Chosŏn'gŭl
linked to: Hangul
Hangul UnicodeBlock Hangul Syllables
linked to: Hangul
Hangul UnicodeBlock Hangul Jamo
linked to: Hangul
Daejeon writingSystem Hangul
Saha District usesScript Hangul
Gwangju writingSystem Hangul
KORMARC supportsScript Hangul
Pyeongtaek writingSystem Hangul
Juche script Hangul
subject linked to: Juché
Korean writingSystem Hangul
Jung hasScript Hangul
Wikipedia puzzle globe hasWritingSystem Korean Hangul
linked to: Hangul
Koreans writingSystem Hangul
Koreans traditionalScript Hangul
Jinju writingSystem Hangul
subject linked to: Jinju, South Korea
Joseon writingSystem Hangul
Joseon createdScript Hangul
Hangul Day alsoKnownAs Hangulnal
linked to: Hangul
Hangul Day relatedTo Hangul
Hangul Day scriptOfName Hangul
Joseongeul alternativeName Hangul
Joseongeul alternativeName Hangeul
linked to: Hangul
Joseongeul nativeName 조선글
linked to: Hangul
Joseongeul writingSystemFamily Korean scripts
linked to: Hangul
samgyetang writingSystem Hangul
Hanja coexistsWith Hangul
Kim script Hangul
Sojin writingSystem Hangul