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Hangul (Korean: 한글) is the native script of Korea. It was created in the mid fifteenth century by King Sejong, [1] [2] as both a complement and an alternative to the logographic Sino-Korean Hanja.
Hangul was created in 1443 by Sejong the Great, fourth king of the Joseon dynasty. It was an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement to Hanja, which were Chinese characters used to write Literary Chinese in Korea by the 2nd century BCE, and had been adapted to write Korean by the 6th century CE. [9]
To promote literacy, King Sejong created hangul (which initially had 28 letters, four of which are no longer in use). [59] Hangul was completed in 1443 and published in 1446 along with a 33-page manual titled Hunminjeongeum, explaining what the letters are as well as the philosophical theories and motives behind them. [60]
Before Hangul, the Korean alphabet, was created, Koreans used Chinese characters to record their words. [4] Since Chinese language and Korean language share few similarities, borrowing Chinese characters proved to be inefficient to reflect the spoken language. [4]
The Korean mixed script, combining Hanja and Hangul, ... which was created by presidential decree on 23 January 1991. King Sejong Institute ...
Shin used the newly created hangul system to create an accurate transcription of spoken Mandarin Chinese in 15th century Ming dynasty China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These transcriptions haven proven accurate and reliable, and his transcriptions are now "an invaluable source of information on the pronunciations of Ming-era [Mandarin]."
The Korean Alphabet Day, known as Hangeul Day (Korean: 한글날) in South Korea, and Chosŏn'gŭl Day (Korean: 조선글날) in North Korea, is a national Korean commemorative day marking the invention and proclamation of Hangul (한글), the Korean alphabet, by the 15th-century Korean king Sejong the Great.
The script was initially named after the publication, but later came to be known as "Hangul". It was created so that the common people illiterate in Hanja could accurately and easily read and write the Korean language. Its supposed publication date, October 9, is now "Hangul Day" (also known as The Korean Alphabet Day) in South Korea.