hangul

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Dictionary notes 1.3.3 See also

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Alternative spellings

• hangeul
• Hangul
• hankul

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

hangul (uncountable)

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Dictionary notes

• MSN Encarta Dictionary lists only the spellings “Hangul” and “hangul”.
• Merriam-Webster Online lists only the spelling “hangul” and notes that it is often capitalised.
• Oxford English Dictionary lists the spellings “hangul” and “hankul”, and has examples with hangul, hangŭl, and Hangul.

[edit] See also

• kwukyel
• romaja