hangul
han·gul/ˈhɑnˌɡul/noun
hangul is spelled H-A-N-G-U-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables (han·gul). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hangul means “The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hangul is hanguls.
How many letters and syllables are in hangul?
| Letters | 6: H-A-N-G-U-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: han·gul |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hangul?
Hangul appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hangul?
- UK /ˈhɑːnˌɡuːl/
- US /ˈhɑnˌɡul/
Hangul has 2 syllables, split han·gul in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hangul.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hangul
- hangeul
- han-geul
- hangŭl
- han'gŭl
- hankul
- hanguls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hangul mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.
- 2
The Kashmir stag.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of hangul.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hangul in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Korean phonetic script:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hangul come from?
[Alt: 한글 ㅎ=h ㅏ=a ㄴ=n ㄱ=g ㅡ=eu ㄹ=l] From Korean 한글 (han'geul, “Korean script”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).