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Hunmin jeongeum - Haeryebon

The Fastest Way To Learn Hangul - Haeryebon

Haeryebon :The only Hangul manual written by King Sejong the Great, the creator of Hangul.

Haeryebon

Koreans don’t learn Hangul by following the manual of King Sejong the Great, the creator of Hangul.
There is a painful history behind this.

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Hangul concept in Haeryebon book.

Heaven, Earth, Human

At that time, the sources of all things were perceived as heaven, earth, and human. King Sejong believed that the source of all things and the source of sound were not different. Therefore, he thought that letters could be created from circles, squares, and triangles, symbolizing heaven, earth, and human.

천지인_합

The source of all things.

천지인_합

The source of sound.

The concept of “천지인 (Cheon-Ji-In)” translating to “heaven, earth, and human”, the circle represents the round sun (heaven), the square represents the flat earth, and the triangle represents a standing human figure.

Hangul concept

Circle, Square, Triangle
Dot, Horizontal line, Vertical line

Heaven, Earth, Human

Basic Vowels

The basic vowels came from
circle, square, triangle.

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·

[ · ]

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[ eu ]

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[ i ]

Dot " · " represents the sun in heaven.

Horizontal line "ㅡ" represents the flat earth.

Vertical line "ㅣ" represents the standing human.

Any vowel in Hangeul is a combination of these three shapes.

vowels

The simple vowels came from the basic vowels.

Monophthongs (single vowels) are combinations of these three elements. ( • , , )

           [ eu ]

 l

         [ i ]

           [ o ]

           [ a ]

           [ u ]

           [ eo ]

           [ yo ]

           [ ya ]

           [ yu ]

           [ yeo ]

Basic Consonants

The five basic consonants are modeled after
square, circle, triangle.

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ㄱ , ㄴ , ㅁ

[ g,k ]    ,    [ n ]    ,     [ m ]

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[./ng]

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[ s ]

The consonants 'ㄱ', 'ㄴ', and 'ㅁ' are modeled after a square.

The consonant 'ㅇ'modeled after a circle.

The consonant 'ㅅ' modeled after a triangle.

consonants

The remaining consonants came from the five basic consonants.

The remaining consonants were created by adding strokes to the basic consonants.

오징어한글 자음의 ㄱ

[ g ]

오징어한글 자음의 ㅋ

[ k(h) ]

오징어한글 자음의 3 ㄴ

[ n ]

오징어한글 자음의 3 ㄷ

[ d ]

오징어한글 자음의 3 ㅌ

[ t ]

오징어한글 자음의 3 ㄹ 아래

[ r ]

오징어한글 자음의 4 ㅁ

[ m ]

오징어한글 자음의 4 ㅂ_아래

[ b ]

오징어한글 자음의 4 ㅍ

[ p ]

오징어한글 자음의 5 ㅅ

[ s ]

오징어한글 자음의 5 ㅈ

[ j ]

오징어한글 자음의 5 ㅊ 아래

[ ch ]

오징어한글 자음의 6 ㅇ

[ . ]

오징어한글 자음의 6 ㅎ 아래

[ h ]

combination of hangeul syllables

Basic combination ( Consonants + Vowels )

c

v

=

g

i

c

v

=

g

eu

Hangeul’s syllables consist of a combination of consonants and vowels.
The consonants always come first, followed by the vowels.

combination of hangeul syllables

Initial Consonants + Medial Vowels + Final Consonants

c

v

c

=

h

a

n

c

v

c

=

g

eu

l

Instead of writing consonant and vowel letters in parallel, Hangul is written in a square shape.

If the word “한글” was written out like the English alphabet, it would look like this: ” ㅎ ㅏ ㄴ ㄱ ㅡ ㄹ “
the word ‘한글‘ would not be easily understood and the reading speed would be slow.

There is also an experiment that the reading speed is 2.5 times faster when words are combined like “한글

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