한글

Korean

한글 (han'geul)

Etymology

Uncertain; likely a compound of 한(韓) (han, “Korean”) +‎ 글 (geul, “writing”). First recorded in the Han'geulmo jukbogi (한글모죽보기), 1907 to 1913, as 한글모 (han'geulmo).

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈha̠(ː)nɡɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [한(ː)글]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	han'geul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hangeul
McCune–Reischauer?	han'gŭl
Yale Romanization?	hānkul

Noun

South Korean Standard Language	한글 (han'geul)
North Korean Standard Language	조선글 (joseon'geul)

한글 • (han'geul) (hanja 韓글)

1. (chiefly South Korea) hangul; the Korean alphabet

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한글

   한글은 15세기에 창제된 문자이다.

   Han'geur-eun sibo-segi-e changje-doen munja-ida.

   Hangul is a script created in the fifteenth century.

2. (proscribed) the Korean language

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한국어

   한글을 바르게 사용합시다.

   Han'geur-eul bareuge sayong-hapsida.

   Let us use proper Korean.

   • 2020, “'한글이 영어보다 위대한 이유' 꾸준글 사실일까? [han'geuri yeong'eoboda widaehan iyu kkujun'geul sasirilkka?]”, in SBS TV‎^[1]:

     이 글은 한글이 영어보다 어순 배치가 자유로운 강점이 있다는 내용인데요.

     I geur-eun han'geur-i yeong'eo-boda eosun baechi-ga jayu-roun gangjeom-i itdaneun naeyong-indeyo.

     this piece of writing is about how the flexibility of Korean word order compared to English is a point in its favor

   • 2021, “KBS 다큐온, BTS 한글 댓글 한류 '한국어 하세요?' 외국어로서의 한국어 매력 분석 [KBS dakyuon, BTS han'geul daetgeul hallyu han'gugeo haseyo? oegugeoroseoui han'gugeo maeryeok bunseok]”, in Korea Lecturer News‎^[2]:

     BTS의 노래를 한글로 따라 부르고 싶고 […]

     Bitiesseu-ui norae-reul han'geul-lo ttara bureugo sipgo [ … ]

     they want to sing along to BTS's songs in Korean […]

3. (colloquial, proscribed) a Korean word of native origin

   Synonyms: (formal) 고유어(固有語) (goyueo), (colloquial) 순우리말 (sunurimal)

   애 이름을 한글 이름으로 지을 거라고 했다.

   Ae ireum-eul han'geul ireum-euro jieul geo-rago haetda.

   He said he would give his child a native Korean name (i.e. not a Sino-Korean one).

Derived terms

• 한글날 (han'geullal, “the Hangul Day”)
• 한글화 (han'geulhwa, “Korean localization”)