Module 01

Hangul Script

Move through four short steps: understand the block, learn 10 basic vowels, learn 14 basic consonants, then build and read syllables. Every Korean form includes a Latin-script reading.

How letters join to make one spoken beat

Tamil and Korean both join consonants and vowels into one written unit. Korean calls this a syllable block. The idea may feel familiar from Tamil, although the two writing systems work differently.

Tamil · familiar

க் + ஆ = கா

k + aa = kaa

Tamil consonants by vowel sounds. Pure consonants label each row.
Pure	அ	ஆ	இ	ஈ	உ	ஊ
க்	க	கா	கி	கீ	கு	கூ
ங்	ங	ஙா	ஙி	ஙீ	ஙு	ஙூ
ச்	ச	சா	சி	சீ	சு	சூ
ஞ்	ஞ	ஞா	ஞி	ஞீ	ஞு	ஞூ
ட்	ட	டா	டி	டீ	டு	டூ
ண்	ண	ணா	ணி	ணீ	ணு	ணூ
த்	த	தா	தி	தீ	து	தூ
ந்	ந	நா	நி	நீ	நு	நூ
ப்	ப	பா	பி	பீ	பு	பூ
ம்	ம	மா	மி	மீ	மு	மூ

Korean · new

consonant + vowel = one block

Korean consonants by vowel sounds.
Consonant	ㅏ a	ㅑ ya	ㅓ eo	ㅕ yeo	ㅐ ae	ㅒ yae
ㄱ g/k	가	갸	거	겨	개	걔
ㄴ n	나	냐	너	녀	내	냬
ㄷ d/t	다	댜	더	뎌	대	댸
ㄹ r/l	라	랴	러	려	래	럐
ㅁ m	마	먀	머	며	매	먜
ㅂ b/p	바	뱌	버	벼	배	뱨
ㅅ s	사	샤	서	셔	새	섀
ㅇ —	아	야	어	여	애	얘
ㅈ j	자	쟈	저	져	재	쟤
ㅊ ch	차	챠	처	쳐	채	챼

Vertical vowel

ㄱg/k

ㅏa

가ga

The consonant sits to the left.

Horizontal vowel

ㅁm

ㅜu

무mu

The consonant sits on top.

This is a reading strategy, not a claim that every Tamil and Korean sound is identical.