More Than Letters: My Fascination with Hangul

Learning from Korea, If I could learn one Korean tradition, it would be Hangul, their writing system. I’ve always found it fascinating how the letters look so artistic yet organized at the same time. I read someone article recently Hive account@ozd and we shared same feelings when it comes to learning Hangul. At first, I started with writing Chinese letters, it was fun even though I did not know what I was writing, I did it for fun and at a point, I started seeing how a little similar Chinese and Japanese letters looks like but the Korea letters looks extremely different.

It was then I had interest in it. Learning Hangul wouldn’t just help me understand the language but also the culture behind it, their discipline, creativity, and the way they value communication.

One of the thing that amaze me about the Hangul is how it was actually created, not evolved like most languages. It was designed in the 15th century by King Sejong the Great so that everyone, even common people, could read and write. I believe he was regarded as one of the best King in Korea. The letters were made to show how the mouth and tongue move when you pronounce them, which makes it one of the easiest and most logical writing systems in the world.

I believe understanding another language opens your mind to see the world differently. For me, learning Hangul wouldn’t just be about writing or reading Korean words; it would be a way to step into their world and maybe see life from a new angle.

It is a way to help me learn their culture better, Korean tradition, art, skill, everything about Korea would come easily in that way. I’m sure many people will agree with me on this. So even if you want to learn anything about Korea or in Korea, I believe the first thing you need to understand is their language, it’s a pathway to learning other things with ease.

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