Hangul

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hangul

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the alphabet type?Featural alphabet
2. What is the promulgation date?October 9, 1446
3. Why did King Sejong create Hangul?He wanted to give all people a simple writing system because the old Chinese writing was hard and only the elite could read it.
4. How are Hangul letters made?Consonants look like the shapes of the mouth and tongue when they are spoken. Vowels come from three basic marks that mean heaven, earth, and humanity.

Hanja: Korean name for Chinese characters, historically used before Hangul's creation.
Hunminjeongeum: The original name of the Korean alphabet, meaning 'The Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People'.
Grapheme: The basic unit of a written language, such as a letter or character.
Phonetics: The study of speech sounds and their production.