Old Korean writing systems
King Sejong the enlightened ruler
A description of Hangul
The slow process of adoping Hangul
Random thoughts
100
What are the three things that Korean people would say is uniquely Korean?
Kimchee, hanyak, and Hangul.
100
King Sejong became king in 1418. He ruled during a period of great economic, _________, and political development in Korea.
cultural.
100
Fill in the blank: Unlike Chinese, Hangul is a phonetic language: this means that each sign represents a ______.
sound.
100
What is hanja?
The Korean word for Chinese characters.
100
What is a scholar?
A person who studies a subject, and knows a lot about it
200
True or False: The Korean language is thousands of years old.
True.
200
Not only was Sejong king but he also did other things. Name two other things he was good at.
swordsman, astronomer, poet, musician and scholar
200
Originally Hangul had ___ letters, but only 24 are used today.
28.
200
How did the scholars who spent years learning Hanja feel about Hangul?
They were upset because they had spent a lot of time learning Hanja.
200
What is illiteracy?
When people are unable to read or write.
300
Korean belongs to the same family of five languages. Name three.
Mongolian, Hungarian, Turkish, Finnish, and Chinese.
300
Why did King Sejong create Hangul?
He wanted all Koreans to be able to read and write.
300
There are three basic vowels, shaped like the three most important elements in Taoist thought sky, earth and ________.
humanity.
300
The scholars who learned Hanja referred to Hangul as "morning letters". Why?
The alphabet could be learned in a single morning.
300
status
your social or professional position.
400
Fill in the blank: Idu added special symbols to the _______ characters to indicate Korean verb endings.
Chinese.
400
King Sejong began a project to design the easily learnable alphabet of Hangul. How many years did it take?
It took ten years.
400
Fill in the blank: The symbol for the sky is a dot, the symbol for earth a horizontal line, and the symbol for humanity is a ________ line.
vertical.
400
Why did scholars call it "women letters"?
At that time only men could be scholars.
400
linguist
someone who is good at speaking or learning foreign languages.
500
Idu was very difficult to learn. Therefore, only ________ could master it.
scholars.
500
King Sejong felt that because Chinese characters were a foreign writing system, Koreans were unable to express their ________ and _________.
Thoughts and feelings.
500
The shape of the five basic consonants is based on the sgaoe if the ______ and tongue when the soun dis pronounced.
mouth.
500
For centuries, Hangul was used by people of ______ social status.
lower.
500
What did North Korean ban in 1949?
They banned the use of Hanja.
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