hangul

See also Hangul

English

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Alternative forms

• hangeul
• Hangul
• hankul

Etymology

From Korean 한글 (hangeul), “Korean script”, from Archaic Korean 한글 (hangeul) “great script”.

Noun

hangul (uncountable)

1. The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.

Usage notes

The spelling hangeul is from the Korean spelling in the 2000 South Korean Revised transcription. “Hangul” derives from the older McCune-Reischauer transcription “hangŭl” written without the diacritics: it is the more common English spelling. Within the English Wiktionary, “hangeul” is preferred.

Translations

Korean phonetic script

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韩字 (cmn) (hánzì)

• French: hangeul (fr) m

• Japanese: ハングル (ja) (hanguru)
• Korean: 한글 (ko) (hangeul)

See also

• kwukyel
• romaja