HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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The phonetic Korean alphabet developed by Sejong the Great
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The ideographic writing system adopted by Korea from China
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A famous style of poetry from Korea
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The name of a collection of important Confucian Texts written in Korean.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Hangul system was developed by Sejong, fourth king of the Chosŏn dynasty, in 1443 to improve literacy. In 1446 Hangul was made the official writing system of Korea. Despite this, Hanja (Chinese characters) persisted as the main writing system of the elite class for 500 more years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sejong’s role in the invention of Hangul is not exactly clear. He may have only decreed its creation or may have been directly involved: either collaboratively or working alone to develop the writing system secretly, so as not to offend China. Today, Korean is the native language of more than 77 million people.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Sejong is best known for personally inventing Hangul, the Korean script. The script was completed in 1443 and published a few years later in 1446. The above picture is an extract from the Hunmin Jeongeum (, the proper sounds for instructing the people).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Korean alphabet was invented in 1444 and proclaimed by King Sejong the Great in 1446. The original alphabet is called Hunmin chŏngŭm which means “The correct sounds for the instruction of the people.” As you can see from the name of the alphabet, King Sejong cared about all of his people.