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The process works more smoothly for simpler scripts like Japanese hiragana and katakana, and is more involved for Chinese and some Korean hangul.
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Naaman Zhou, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
Scribbled over and across every block in the neighborhood is hangul, the Korean alphabet, announcing restaurants and coffee shops, dry cleaners and florists, grocery stores and test-prep schools and karaoke bars.
—Steph Cha, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2022
But nearly 600 years ago, a scientifically minded Korean king introduced hangul, an indigenous writing system often called the best designed syllabary in the world.
—New York Times, 15 June 2019
Naaman Zhou, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
Scribbled over and across every block in the neighborhood is hangul, the Korean alphabet, announcing restaurants and coffee shops, dry cleaners and florists, grocery stores and test-prep schools and karaoke bars.
—Steph Cha, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2022
But nearly 600 years ago, a scientifically minded Korean king introduced hangul, an indigenous writing system often called the best designed syllabary in the world.
—New York Times, 15 June 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Korean hangŭl
First Known Use
1946, in the meaning defined above
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“Hangul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hangul. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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