• theedqueen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Korea has two writings systems: Hanja (Chinese characters) and Hangeul (the Korean alphabet). Hanja was in use for centuries before hangeul was invented and even then it never fully went away.

        • LucJenson@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          12 hours ago

          Fun fact! Because Hangul was created and didn’t naturally evolve out of Hanja, it’s one of the easiest and most logical alphabets to learn. I could teach you the whole alphabet in 20 minutes and have you sounding out whole sentences in an hour or two.

          I taught myself how to read and write in a university lecture but, obviously, didn’t know the vocabulary to actually understand it.