Hangul Structures

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Overview

 Hangul has quite a unique writing structure. It combines multiple jamo's which forms a syllable into a box. This is quite unique and has made some problems for computer input systems in the beginning, but that's another story.

The different structures of the box can be divided into these six.

  Vowel Type 1 Vowel Type 2 Vowel Type 3
Without Final Consonant
C1 V1
C1
V2
C1
V3
With Final Consonant
C1 V1
C2
C1
V2
C2
C1
V3
C2
- Where C1 is the first consonant and C2 the final.

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Vowel Types

 The below shows which vowels belong to which category.

Vowel Types Vowels Examples
Type 1 た だ ち ぢ っ つ づ て び 亜 Ga / 伯 He / 箭 Jeol / 岸 Dak
Type 2 で に ぬ ば ぱ 葛 No / 政 Yu / 研 Reul / 櫨 Heut
Type 3 と ど な ね の は ひ 引 Gwa / 患 Nwi / 泳 Gwe / 勢 Uil

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