Korean Alphabet Structure
Korean Alphabet Structure
Every Korean word, syllable, and thing starts with a consonant. A vowel will always come after it, either to the right or below it. In addition, a syllable will have two, three, or rarely four characters.
One method of stacking is to place the vowel to the right of the first consonant, with the third character underneath those two.
For example, ‘ᄒ’, ‘ᅡ’, and ‘ᄂ’ are three distinct characters. However, because they would form a single syllable, they would be written as ‘한’ instead of separating them.
ᄒ + ᅡ + ᄂ= 한
h + a + n = han
ᄀ + ᅳ + ᄅ = 글
g + u + l = gul
Then, we combine both the syllable to form the word, just like what normally do in English.
한 + 글 = 한글
han + gul = hangul
On the example above, the word 한글 hangul is made by 6 characters and 2 syllables.
However, you should know how to form blocks with a different number of letters.
Blocks, usually, have 2, 3 and 4 letters.