Han Geul(Korean Alphabet)

Korean alphabets are composed with 14 consonants(Jaeum) and 10 vowels(Moeum).

First, following 14 characters are consonants.

ㄱ: Gieok	ㄴ: Nieun	ㄷ: Digeut	ㄹ: Rieul	ㅁ: Mieum	ㅂ: Bieup
ㅅ: Siot	ㅇ: Ieung	ㅈ: Jieut	ㅊ: Chieut	ㅋ: Kieuk	ㅌ: Tieut
ㅍ: Piheup	ㅎ: Hiheu

You can combine consonants.

ㄲ: Ssanggieok	ㄸ: Ssangdigeut	ㅃ: Ssangbieup	ㅆ: Ssangsiot
ㅉ: Ssangjieut

And 10 vowels.

ㅏ: A

ㅑ: Ya

ㅓ: Eo

ㅕ: Yeo

ㅗ: O

ㅛ: Yo

ㅜ: U

ㅠ: You

ㅡ: Eu

ㅣ: I

You can also combine vowels too.

ㅐ: Ae	ㅒ: Yae	ㅔ: E	ㅖ: Ye	ㅘ: Wa	ㅙ: Wae	ㅚ: Oe	ㅝ: Wo	ㅞ: We
ㅟ: Wi	ㅢ: Ui

In English, Japanese, Chinese, we write down alphabets side by side.  How about Korean?  Is it the same?  No.  When you write down Korean sentences, you should make a combination.  And then, write down these combinations side by side, not alphabets.  One combination means one syllable.  Let's see an example.

가나다 Ga Na Da

I will call each combination Geulja.  I said one Geulja means one syllable.  So Ga is 가, Na is 나 and Da is 다.

In the next article, I will post an article how you can combinate Korean alphabets to make Geulja.  It will be fun if you make your name in Korean word.