Korean Vocabulary❤

Using Korean Keyboard

This chapter explains how to input Korean characters on a Microsoft WindowsTM computer.

The Windows operating system offers a Korean keyboard option, which you can implement by following the procedure detailed below. You can then easily switch between English and Korean by hitting the ALT key. Activating this option makes little change in your computer (a tiny icon will appear in your taskbar), and you can revert the setting anytime.

In the Korean mode, your keyboard will work as shown above. All the consonants are entered by the left hand; all the vowels (except the one marked red in the figure) are entered by the right hand. The shift keys are not used often in the Korean mode, since there is no capital letter in Korean. You need the shift keys for a small number of compound consonants (shift + Q, W, E, R and T keys) and two compound vowels (shift + O and P keys).

When writing Korean on paper, you need to arrange the letters (consonants and vowels) into squre-shaped clusters (syllables). But on a computer keyboard, you can simply type the letters in a linear sequence. The computer will automatically assemble them into syllabic clusters.

Using Windows 8 

Let's type the Korean word for "summer", which looks like this: 

This 2-syllable word contains 5 phonetic elements:

Before typing, make sure your language preference is in the  mode and you have converted the "A" symbol to the  symbol, using the ALT key.

Now, type the 5 necessary elements one at a time (not the commas in the list – just the Korean characters with no space). You will see that the computer uses the first 2 elements to form the first cluster and the last 3 to make the second.

For another example, let's type the Korean word for "fruit", which looks like this:

Like "summer", this word has 2 syllables and 5 phonetic elements:

Type those 5 elements. You will see that, this time, the computer uses the first 3 elements to construct the first syllable, and the last 2 to make the second. But you don't need to concern yourself with the rules behind it. It's done automatically by the computer.

What has been covered so far is all you need to know to be able to type Korean.

How to use it for Windows 7

When writing Korean on paper, you need to arrange the letters (consonants and vowels) into squre-shaped clusters (syllables). But on a computer keyboard, you can simply type the letters in a linear sequence. The computer will automatically assemble them into syllabic clusters.

Let's type the Korean word for "summer", which looks like this: 

This 2-syllable word contains 5 phonetic elements:

Before typing, make sure your language bar shows "KO" and you have converted the "A" symbol (Control 3) to the  symbol, using the ALT key.

Now, type the 5 necessary elements one at a time (not the commas in the list – just the Korean characters with no space). You will see that the computer uses the first 2 elements to form the first cluster and the last 3 to make the second.

For another example, let's type the Korean word for "fruit", which looks like this:

Like "summer", this word has 2 syllables and 5 phonetic elements:

Type those 5 elements. You will see that, this time, the computer uses the first 3 elements to construct the first syllable, and the last 2 to make the second. But you don't need to concern yourself with the rules behind it. It's done automatically by the computer.

What has been covered so far is all you need to know to be able to type Korean.

This chapter is dedicated to {sehunrayaq} my dear chingu who wanted to know how to use a Korean Keyboard. Hope this helped :)