Unlock Hangeul
Meet the letters. Hear the words. Read and write Korean.
Learn to read Korean in 34 short units.
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Discover Korean writing
Meet Hangeul, hear Korean sound contrasts and see how letters build syllables.
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How Korean writing works
Understand letters, syllable blocks and the size of Hangeul.
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A little Hangeul history
Discover when the alphabet appeared, its design ideas and where it is used.
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Hear Korean vowels and consonant families
Listen to unfamiliar vowels and relaxed, airy and tense starts.
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Pitch, rhythm and spelling
Understand why a sound-based alphabet still needs whole-word listening.
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First sounds and signs
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Tune your ear
Hear relaxed, airy and tense starts and two kinds of vowel with labelled models.
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ㅇ, ㅏ and ㅣ
Build your first blocks with a silent start and a vowel.
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ㅗ, ㅜ and ㅠ
Put a wide vowel underneath the start.
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ㄴ, ㅁ, ㄷ and ㅅ
Change the consonant while keeping the vowel.
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ㅓ and ㅡ
Hear and build eo and eu.
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Your first reading return
Read familiar words across tall and wide layouts.
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Core inventory
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ㅂ
Meet one more start and read words with this consonant.
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ㄹ and ㅎ
Finish the start consonants and read two pictured words.
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ㄱ, ㅋ and ㄲ
Hear the relaxed, airy and tense g/k family.
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ㅑ, ㅕ and ㅛ
Read the four vowels with a y glide.
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A return across the layouts
Retrieve the first consonant families and y vowels.
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ㅌ and ㄸ
Hear the three d/t starts.
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ㅍ and ㅃ
Hear the three b/p starts.
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ㅆ
Read s and tense s without adding a syllable.
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ㅈ, ㅊ and ㅉ
Hear relaxed, airy and tense j/ch sounds.
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A family reading return
Return to relaxed, airy and tense starts in known words.
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Give the block a floor
Add a final consonant underneath the start and vowel.
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Soup, clothes and home
Close a final stop without adding a vowel.
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ㅐ, ㅔ, ㅒ and ㅖ
Read ae, e and their y partners.
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ㅘ, ㅝ and ㅟ
Keep a combined vowel inside one square.
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ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅞ and ㅢ
Recognise the remaining vowel spellings.
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How the system works
Complete the toolkit
Real-world reading
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Names, places and signs
Read course names and use public signs to find your way.
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Find the cat and the key
Read everyday course words one block at a time.
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A tiny café mission
Read a menu and find tea, coffee and bread.
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Read a friendly greeting
Read hello and a reassuring reply.
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