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Principles of Hangeul’s Character Creation 2

Let's explore how the rest of the characters are derived from these basic characters.

The rest of the consonants were made by the principle of adding strokes to the basic characters.

We will learn about the systematic way of adding strokes to the basic characters to derive the rest of the characters.

Do you have a better understanding of the shape of Hangeul characters now?


[KEY WORDS]

ㅋ(기읔), ㅌ(티읕), ㅂ(비읍), ㅈ(지읒), ㅊ(치읓), ㅎ(히읗)

ㅏ(아), ㅓ(어), ㅗ(오), ㅜ(우), ㅑ(야), ㅕ(여), ㅛ(요), ㅠ(유)

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The Korean Alphabet: An Introduction to Hangeul

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