English [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
hangeul , Han-geul , han-geul , Hangul , hangul , Hangŭl , hangŭl , Han'gŭl , han'gŭl , Hankul , hankul
Etymology [ edit ]
From Korean 한글 ( han'geul , “ Korean script ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
the word “hangeul” in hangeul
( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈhɑnˌɡul/
Hyphenation: Han‧geul
Hangeul (uncountable )
The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language .
Synonym: Chosongul
Usage notes [ edit ]
The spelling Hangeul /hangeul is from the Korean spelling in the 1959-SK transcription and the 2000 South Korean Revised transcription. Hangul derives from the older McCune-Reischauer transcription hangŭl written without the diacritics: it is the more common English spelling. Within the English Wiktionary, hangeul is preferred.
한글 ( han'geul ) is the official name in South Korea, and 조선(朝鮮)글 ( joseon'geul ) is the official name in North Korea; hence, scholars may prefer to use Hangeul in reference to South Korea, and Chosongul in reference to North Korea.
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Translations [ edit ]
Korean phonetic script
Arabic: هَانْغُول m ( hangūl ) , هَانْغُول m ( hanḡūl )
Armenian: հանգուլ ( hangul )
Belarusian: хангы́ль m ( xanhýlʹ )
Bulgarian: хангъ́л m ( hangǎ́l )
Burmese: ဟန်းဂု ( han:gu. )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 諺文 / 谚文 (zh) ( yànwén ) , 朝鮮字母 / 朝鲜字母 (zh) ( Cháoxiǎn zìmǔ ) , 韓字 / 韩字 ( hánzì ) , 韓文 / 韩文 (zh) ( Hánwén )
Czech: hangul m
Esperanto: korea alfabeto , hangulo
Finnish: hangul
French: hangeul (fr) m
Georgian: ჰანგული ( hanguli )
German: Hangeul (de) n , Hangul (de) n
Greek: Χάνγκουλ n ( Chángkoul )
Hebrew: הנגול m ( hangúl )
Hindi: हंगुल ? ( haṅgul ) , हानगुल ? ( hāngul )
Hungarian: hangul (hu)
Japanese: ハングル (ja) ( hanguru ) , 朝鮮文字 (ja) ( ちょうせんもじ, Chōsen moji ) , 諺文 (ja) ( おんもん, onmon; げんぶん, genbun ) , 韓文字 ( かんもじ, kanmoji )
Korean: 한글 (ko) ( han'geul ) ( South Korea ) , 조선글 (ko) ( joseon'geul ) ( North Korea ) , 언문(諺文) (ko) ( eonmun )
Persian: هانگول ( hângul )
Polish: hangul (pl) m , hangeul (pl) m , hangyl (pl) m
Portuguese: hangul (pt) m
Punjabi: ਹਾਂਗਗੁਲ ( hāṅggul )
Russian: хангы́ль (ru) m ( xangýlʹ ) , ( North Korea ) чосонгы́ль m ( čosongýlʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хангул m
Roman: hangul m
Sinhalese: හංගුල් ( haṁgul )
Spanish: hangul m
Tajik: ҳангул ( hangul )
Thai: ฮันกึล ( han-gʉl )
Turkish: hangıl , Hangıl (tr)
Ukrainian: ханги́ль m ( xanhýlʹ ) , ханґи́ль m ( xangýlʹ )
Urdu: ہنگل
Western Panjabi: ہنگول (pnb)
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