I'm going to cheat and set this post as published on October 9, 2014 (even though it's really October 13 here shhhh) because that day was Hangeul Day! I have so much admiration for King Sejong. He took the problem of illiteracy into his own royal, ink-stained hands and literally created a whole new alphabet so his subjects would be [...]
Tag: Hangeul
How I learned 한글
Rote memorization would probably be the simplest way of learning a new alphabet. Take some flashcards, write the character on the front, sound on the back, and then drill yourself until it's branded into your memory. I tried this with the Japanese syllabaries and it worked. I tried it with Hangeul and failed miserably. No [...]
