안녕하세요♡('ㅅ') : 10월 9일 한글날, October 9 Hangeul Day

한글날이란?

What's Hangeulnal?

한글날은 세종대왕이 훈민정음을 반포한 것을 기념하고, 우리나라 고유 문자인 한글의 연구와 보급을 장려하기 위하여 정한 날 입니다. ^-^

(한글의 로마자 표기법은 Hangeul 입니당♡)

Hangeul is Korean Alphabet and Hangeulnal is the day we commemorate the invention and the proclamation of the Korean alphabet, HanGeul. The following is some more detailed information on our alphabet found in Wikipedia here and there and summarized by me.

Hangeul was promulgated by Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty. The project was completed in late December 1443 or January 1444, and described in 1446 in a document titled Hunmin Jeongeum ("The proper sounds for the education of the people"), after which the alphabet itself was named. The publication date of the Hunmin Jeongeum, October 9, became Hangeul Day in South Korea.

King Sejong explained that the Korean language was fundamentally different from Chinese; using Chinese characters (known as HanJa) to write was so difficult for the common people that only privileged aristocrats, usually male, could read and write fluently. The majority of Koreans were effectively illiterate before the invention of Hangeul. Hangeul was designed so that even a commoner could learn to read and write.

Hangeul faced opposition by the literary elite, who believed hanja to be the only legitimate writing system, and perhaps saw hangeul as a threat to their status. However, it entered popular culture as Sejong had intended, being used especially by women and writers of popular fiction.

Learn Hangeul's consonant and vowel and its formation!