한글

Korean

한글 (Hangeul)

Etymology

From 한(韓) (Han, “Korea”) / 한 (han-, “big, great”) + 글 (geul, “writing”). Coined in 1910 by Choe Nam-seon and Ju Si-gyeong.

Pronunciation

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(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈha̠(ː)nɡɯɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [한(ː)글]
- Though still prescriptive 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)

(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.
(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?”, in SBS TV‎:
  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”, in Korea Lecturer News‎:
  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 […]
(colloquial, proscribed) a non-borrowed Korean word
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”)