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Hangul
Hangul is the Korean alphabet, created in 1443 under King Sejong of Joseon and promulgated in 1446 as the Hunminjeongeum, "the proper sounds for instructing the people". Its letters represent consonants and vowels and are grouped into syllable blocks. Long overshadowed by classical Chinese among the elite, it became the national script of Korea in the 20th century.
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