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Also known as Chosongul, Hangeul, Chosŏn'gŭl, Hangŭl, Hang, Hunminjeong'eum

The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. It has gone by a variety of names, such as ' in North Korea, Hangul internationally, and ' in South Korea. The script's original name was ''''''.

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Hangul is the modern alphabet used to write the Korean language, and it's known by different names in different regions—called Hangul internationally and in South Korea, while North Korea uses an alternative name. The script has become the standard writing system for Korean speakers worldwide.

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Key facts

Writing system.name
Korean alphabet
Writing system.type
Alphabet
Writing system.sample
Hangul chosongul fontembed.svg
Writing system.caption
Hangul text. Top is the North Korean name, , and bottom is the international and South Korean name, or
Writing system.time
1443 or 1444 to present
Writing system.iso15924
Hang
Writing system.iso15924 note
(for the jamo subset)
Writing system.direction
Left-to-right Top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left
Korean name/auto.child
yes
Korean name/auto.title
North Korean name
Korean name/auto.hangul
^조선글
Korean name/auto.hanja
朝鮮글
Korean name/auto.othername1
South Korean name
Korean name/auto.hangul1
^한글

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
unicase alphabet
Has part
ㅋ
Country of origin
Korea
Image
Hangul chosongul fontembed.svg
Has use
Jejuan
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inception
1443-00-00
Commons category
Hangul
topic's main category
Category:Hangul
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
language of work or name
Jejuan
Unicode range
U+D7B0-D7FF
name
hangeul
native label
반절
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