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Wooden name tag, Korea, date unknown? (lemmy.world)
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[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Korea has two writings systems: Hanja (Chinese characters) and Hangeul (the Korean alphabet). Hanja was in use for centuries before hangeul was invented and even then it never fully went away.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

TIL! Thanks

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Fun fact! Because Hangul was created and didn't naturally evolve out of Hanja, it's one of the easiest and most logical alphabets to learn. I could teach you the whole alphabet in 20 minutes and have you sounding out whole sentences in an hour or two.

I taught myself how to read and write in a university lecture but, obviously, didn't know the vocabulary to actually understand it.