Mon 10 Oct 2022, Day 28/61. Hanguel is based on an analysis of the sounds used in the Korean language and the way the mouth, lips and tongue are shaped to make them. Similar sounds have similar symbols: b (ㅂ ) & p (ㅍ ); g (ㄱ) & k (ㅋ); d (ㄷ) & t (ㅌ).
An alphabet designed around sounds
My journey to Korea 