▲ 6 ▼ Wooden name tag, Korea, date unknown? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world [M] to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Are those not Chinese characters? I am confuses permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) TIL! Thanks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) TIL! Thanks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) TIL! Thanks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent
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