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hangul

Syllables: han·gul/ˈhɑːnˌɡuːl/US/ˈhɑnˌɡul/

hangul noun: the phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.

hangul: the phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language
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Noun (1)

hangul (uncountable)

  1. The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.
    Synonyms:
    Chosongul

Noun (2)

hangul (plural hanguls)

  1. The Kashmir stag.

Noun (3) capitalized: Hangul

Hangul (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of hangul.

hangul meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sinhala

hangul in Hindi

Korean phonetic script
हंगुल haṅgul, हानगुल hāngul

hangul in Urdu

Korean phonetic script
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hangul in Punjabi

Korean phonetic script
ਹਾਂਗਗੁਲ hāṅggul

hangul in Sinhala

Korean phonetic script
හංගුල් haṁgul
More languagesFewer languages
hangul in Arabic
هَانْغُول hangūl
hangul in Persian
هانگول hângul
hangul in Thai
ฮันกึล han-gʉl
hangul in Myanmar
ဟန်းဂု han:gu.

Synonyms of hangul

Forms of hangul

alternative formHangul
alternative formhangeul
alternative formHangeul
alternative formhan-geul
alternative formHan-geul
alternative formhangŭl
alternative formHangŭl
alternative formhan'gŭl
alternative formHan'gŭl
alternative formhankul
alternative formHankul
pluralhanguls

Origin of hangul

[Alt: 한글 ㅎ=h ㅏ=a ㄴ=n ㄱ=g ㅡ=eu ㄹ=l] From Korean 한글 (han'geul, “Korean script”).

Words formed from hangul

Questions about hangul

What does hangul mean?
Hangul means the phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.
What is hangul in Hindi?
Hangul in Hindi is हंगुल (haṅgul), हानगुल (hāngul). See Hangul meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hangul?
Hangul is a noun.
How do you pronounce hangul?
Hangul is pronounced /ˈhɑːnˌɡuːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of hangul?
The plural of hangul is hanguls.

Words near hangul in the dictionary

  1. Hangtown
  2. Hangtown fries
  3. Hangtown fry
  4. Hangu
  5. Hanguk
  6. hangul
  7. hangulisation
  8. hangulization
  9. hanguls
  10. hangup
  11. hangups

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hangul (page history and authors); Hangul (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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