How to write korean words

Learning to read Korean is pretty straightforward, as I had it down in about one week.

The only slightly uncertain point is that not everyone seems to agree on how many letters there are in the Korean alphabet—some sources say 24, others say 40.

Some “letters” in Hangul are made up of combinations of other letters, so the 24 are sort of like the “original” letters, while the others are like compound letters.

Regardless of the actual number of letters, the logical relationships that exist between letters make Hangul simple.

Below is meant to be a practical guide to get you up and running with reading, so I’m not going to fuss over details such as stroke order and spelling rules too much (though you may want to brush up on them at some point).