Hankul

noun

Han·​kul

ˈhäŋˌkül

variants or less commonly Hangul

-ŋˌgül

plural -s

: the alphabet of 24, formerly 25, characters invented in the 15th century in which Korean is usually written

called also onmun

Word History

Etymology

Korean

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