Korean Alphabet
Letters
Basic consonants
Core modern Hangul consonant letters.
- ㄱ
- ㄴ
- ㄷ
- ㄹ
- ㅁ
- ㅂ
- ㅅ
- ㅇ
- ㅈ
- ㅊ
- ㅋ
- ㅌ
- ㅍ
- ㅎ
Basic vowels
Core modern Hangul vowel letters.
- ㅏ
- ㅑ
- ㅓ
- ㅕ
- ㅗ
- ㅛ
- ㅜ
- ㅠ
- ㅡ
- ㅣ
Key facts
- Script family
- Hangul
- Writing direction
- Left to right in modern Korean
- Structure
- Letters combine into syllable blocks
- Letter type
- Jamo: basic consonants and vowels
- Extensions
- Doubled consonants and compound vowels
- Cursive
- No separate cursive tradition; printed and written forms match