How To Write Korean

It s pronounced ba and it s the korean word for a bar.

How to write korean. If the overall shape of the vowel is horizontal it is is placed underneath the preceding consonant. One block always has exactly one syllable. They are two different ways of spelling the same word. Hangul is the most common way and hangeul is the newer way of writing it. Korean is written into blocks that make up one syllable.

It is placed on the right side of the preceding consonant. To speak korean start by memorizing some basic korean words and phrases like anyeong which means hello and an nyounghi kye sayo which means goodbye once you ve got some basic words down watch korean films and cartoons so you can see what a korean accent sounds like. Like in english korean has a space between each word. Korean is the official language of south korea and it uses hangul as it s alphabet and writing system. You don t need to be korean.

Since korean is an alphabet perfect stroke order isn t absolutely necessary. But on a computer keyboard you can simply type them in linear sequence. Hangul is also written hangeul. The computer will automatically assemble them into syllabic clusters. Until the 1980s korean was usually written from right to left in vertical columns.

Move your mouse cursor over it and you ll see. Focus more of your energy on reading and writing instead and writing in korean will come naturally before you know it. In korean a word may be made up of just one of these blocks like 저 cheo i or several as in 음악가 eumagga musician. If you love korean style songs and are interested in composing you might want to try to write a korean song. When you write a korean cluster you always write the first consonant first then the vowel and finally the pedestal final consonant if there is one.

When writing korean on paper you need to arrange the consonants and vowels into square shaped clusters each square being a syllable. The blocks are always drawn in one of the following ways. You just need interest and commitment. Now the next important letter is nieun. Let s type the korean word for summer which looks like this.