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Korean writing is Hangul, an alphabet of 24 letters arranged into square syllable blocks. Each block stacks a consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant — which makes it visually distinct from both Chinese and Japanese.
Korean alphabet pronunciation is more regular than English, but a few letters don't match their English labels exactly. This guide gives you practical English approximations for every Hangul letter and flags the five sounds learners most often get wrong.
Turning Korean letters into English spelling is called romanization. This guide gives you the official Korean-to-English chart for every letter, plus the four rules that decide how the same letter can change sound depending on where it sits.
Writing Hangul by hand is fast to pick up, but stroke order matters for legibility and for reading other people's handwriting. This guide walks the stroke order for every basic consonant and vowel, plus the five handwriting mistakes beginners make.
The Korean alphabet isn't actually A to Z — it's 24 letters called Hangul, made up of 14 consonants and 10 vowels, plus a handful of doubled and combined forms. This guide walks the full set in order, with English-letter approximations.