한글

Uncertain; likely a compound of 한(韓) (han, “Korean”) +‎ 글 (geul, “writing”). First recorded in the Han'geulmo jukbogi (한글모죽보기), 1907 to 1913, as 한글모 (han'geulmo).

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈha̠(ː)nɡɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [한(ː)글]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

한글 • (han'geul) (hanja 韓글)

1. (chiefly South Korea) hangul; the Korean alphabet

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한글

   한글은 15세기에 창제된 문자이다.

   Han'geur-eun sibo-segi-e changje-doen munja-ida.

   Hangul is a script created in the fifteenth century.

2. (proscribed) the Korean language

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한국어

   한글을 바르게 사용합시다.

   Han'geur-eul bareuge sayong-hapsida.

   Let us use proper Korean.

   • 2020, “'한글이 영어보다 위대한 이유' 꾸준글 사실일까? [han'geuri yeong'eoboda widaehan iyu kkujun'geul sasirilkka?]”, in SBS TV‎^[1]:

     이 글은 한글이 영어보다 어순 배치가 자유로운 강점이 있다는 내용인데요.

     I geur-eun han'geur-i yeong'eo-boda eosun baechi-ga jayu-roun gangjeom-i itdaneun naeyong-indeyo.

     this piece of writing is about how the flexibility of Korean word order compared to English is a point in its favor

   • 2021, “KBS 다큐온, BTS 한글 댓글 한류 '한국어 하세요?' 외국어로서의 한국어 매력 분석 [KBS dakyuon, BTS han'geul daetgeul hallyu han'gugeo haseyo? oegugeoroseoui han'gugeo maeryeok bunseok]”, in Korea Lecturer News‎^[2]:

     BTS의 노래를 한글로 따라 부르고 싶고 […]

     Bitiesseu-ui norae-reul han'geul-lo ttara bureugo sipgo [ … ]

     they want to sing along to BTS's songs in Korean […]

3. (colloquial, proscribed) a Korean word of native origin

   Synonyms: (formal) 고유어(固有語) (goyueo), (colloquial) 순우리말 (sunurimal)

   애 이름을 한글 이름으로 지을 거라고 했다.

   Ae ireum-eul han'geul ireum-euro jieul geo-rago haetda.

   He said he would give his child a native Korean name (i.e. not a Sino-Korean one).