Hangeul

20 Fevereiro 2019, 10:00 • Eunhee Choi

1. Status of Hangeul as a language

2. King Sejong and Hangeul

  - Hangeul was invented 1443, and it was distributed in 1446.

  - The birth of Hangul is recorded in the Sejong Chronicles.

  - UNESCO enacted the King Sejong Literacy prize in 1989.

  -Hangeul Day(9th/10)

3. The Principle behind the making of Hangeul

  - The consonants were created based on the shapes of human vocal organs. ‘ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅅ, ㅇ’

  - The vowels, the basic characters ‘∙, ㅡ, ㅣ’, were created based on the shapes of ‘sky(천 天), earth(지, 地), and human(인, 人).

  - four principles :(1. The basic letters were made based on the shapes of vocal organs or from ‘sky(천 天), earth(지, 地), and human(인, 人)’, 4. Strokes are added to these basic letters to create other characters. 3. Other characters are formed by combining these letters. 4. It was made so that consonants and vowels were formed by playing characters side by side.)

5. Various fonts and designs

  - Calligraphy refers to either handwriting or script written with a brush.

6. Hangeul and the information age

  - Hangeul on keyboard and cellphone

7. Thinking further

  - any art pieces or design products that use characters of Portuguese.

  - how the keyboards and the key pads of cellular phones work when entering texts in Portuguese.

8. Making a traditional Lantern to celebrate the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year

-Bibliographe

ChoYounghee, “Korean culture in 100 Keywords”, Paju, South Korea, Darakwon, 2017.

ChoiYungon, jeonChorong, “K-Culture 10”, Seoul, Hankookmoonwhasa, 2016.

YangSeongkook, “ Korean Culture for foreigners”, Seoul, Pagijong Press, 2014.

ParkHana, “ Korean Culture for Curious New Comers”, Seoul, Pagijong Press, 2014.