Hangeul

See also: hangeul and han-geul

English

Alternative forms

• hangeul, Han-geul, han-geul, Hangul, hangul, Hangŭl, hangŭl, Han'gŭl, han'gŭl, Hankul, hankul

Etymology

From Korean 한글 (han'geul, “Korean script”).

Pronunciation

the word “hangeul” in hangeul

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑnˌɡul/
• Hyphenation: Han‧geul

Noun

Hangeul (uncountable)

1. The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.

   Synonym: Chosongul

Usage notes

• The spelling Hangeul/hangeul is from the Korean spelling in the 1959-SK transcription and the 2000 South Korean Revised transcription. Hangul derives from the older McCune-Reischauer transcription hangŭl written without the diacritics: it is the more common English spelling. Within the English Wiktionary, hangeul is preferred.
• 한글 (han'geul) is the official name in South Korea, and 조선글 (朝鮮글, joseon'geul) is the official name in North Korea; hence, scholars may prefer to use Hangeul in reference to South Korea, and Chosongul in reference to North Korea.

Coordinate terms

• hanja
• jamo
• kwukyel
• romaja

 

Translations

Korean phonetic script

• Arabic: هَانْغُول‎ m (hangūl), هَانْغُول‎ m (hanḡūl)
• Armenian: հանգուլ (hangul)
• Belarusian: хангы́ль m (xanhýlʹ)
• Bulgarian: хангъ́л m (hangǎ́l)
• Burmese: ဟန်းဂု (han:gu.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諺文／谚文 (zh) (yànwén), 朝鮮字母／朝鲜字母 (zh) (Cháoxiǎn zìmǔ), 韓字／韩字 (hánzì), 韓文／韩文 (zh) (Hánwén)

• Czech: hangul m
• Esperanto: korea alfabeto, hangulo
• Finnish: hangul
• French: hangeul (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰანგული (hanguli)
• German: Hangeul (de) n, Hangul (de) n
• Greek: Χάνγκουλ n (Chángkoul)
• Hebrew: הנגול‎ m (hangúl)
• Hindi: हंगुल ? (haṅgul), हानगुल ? (hāngul)
• Hungarian: hangul (hu)
• Japanese: ハングル (ja) (hanguru), 朝鮮文字 (ちょうせんもじ, Chōsen moji), 諺文 (ja) (おんもん, onmon; げんぶん, genbun), 韓文字 (かんもじ, kanmoji)
• Korean: 한글 (ko) (han'geul) (South Korea), 조선글 (ko) (joseon'geul) (North Korea), 언문(諺文) (ko) (eonmun)
• Persian: هانگول‎ (hângul)
• Polish: hangul (pl) m, hangeul (pl) m, hangyl (pl) m
• Portuguese: hangul m
• Punjabi: ਹਾਂਗਗੁਲ (hāṅggul)
• Russian: хангы́ль (ru) m (xangýlʹ), (North Korea) чосонгы́ль m (čosongýlʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хангул m

  Roman: hangul m

• Sinhalese: හංගුල් (haṁgul)
• Spanish: hangul m
• Tajik: ҳангул (hangul)
• Thai: ฮันกึล (han-gʉl)
• Turkish: hangıl, Hangıl (tr)
• Ukrainian: ханги́ль m (xanhýlʹ), ханґи́ль m (xangýlʹ)
• Urdu: ہنگل‎
• Western Panjabi: ہنگول‎ (pnb)

Anagrams

• laughen