Korean alphabet: how Hangul becomes readable blocks

Published 29 August 2026 · DeckLearn Editorial Team · Reviewed by DeckLearn Australia

Hangul is the Korean writing system. Begin with 14 basic consonants and 10 basic vowels, then combine them into syllable blocks.

ㄱ + ㅏ = 가 (ga), ㄴ + ㅏ = 나 (na), and ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ = 한 (han). Consonants include ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ; vowels include ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ.

This is the first Korean article in the Australia blog because Korean is now an active product in the local catalogue.