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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Are those not Chinese characters? I am confuses

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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