Korean Hangul Keyboard: key facts
- Script: Hangul, used across South & North Korea.
- Writing direction: left to right.
- Layout: 46 keys, 46 base characters, 46 on Shift.
- Typing: direct key mode with Shift and AltGr layers.
- Variants: 2 (Romanisation, 두벌식).
- Native name: 한국어 키보드; speech synthesis locale: ko-KR.
Korean Hangul Keyboard in detail
Type Korean Hangul with smart jamo composition: “annyeong” becomes 안녕 automatically as you type. The Korean Hangul Keyboard (한국어 키보드) covers the Hangul script as used across South & North Korea. Text flows left to right in the editor, and every character below belongs to the authentic Hangul repertoire — no transliterated approximations once you use the virtual keys.
The Hangul engine composes jamo letters into syllable blocks automatically: initials, vowels and finals snap together while you type, exactly like a Korean 2-beolsik keyboard.
The page ships 2 built-in variants — Romanisation (Type 'annyeong' → '안녕' with full syllable composition.); 두벌식 (Standard Korean 2-beolsik layout, Jamo auto-compose into syllables.) — switchable without reloading. Your text never leaves the browser: copy it to any app, export it, listen to it with the ko-KR speech voice, or send it to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.
Every key on the Korean Hangul Keyboard
The layout holds 46 character keys: 46 distinct base characters, 46 Shift variants. The table below maps each physical position to the characters it produces, so you can learn the layout or verify coverage of a rare letter before you start typing.
| Position | Base | Shift | AltGr |
|---|
| Row 1, key 2 | 1 | ! | — |
| Row 1, key 3 | 2 | @ | — |
| Row 1, key 4 | 3 | # | — |
| Row 1, key 5 | 4 | $ | — |
| Row 1, key 6 | 5 | % | — |
| Row 1, key 7 | 6 | ^ | — |
| Row 1, key 8 | 7 | & | — |
| Row 1, key 9 | 8 | * | — |
| Row 1, key 10 | 9 | ( | — |
| Row 1, key 11 | 0 | ) | — |
| Row 1, key 12 | - | _ | — |
| Row 1, key 13 | = | + | — |
| Row 2, key 2 | ㅂ | ㅃ | — |
| Row 2, key 3 | ㅈ | ㅉ | — |
| Row 2, key 4 | ㄷ | ㄸ | — |
| Row 2, key 5 | ㄱ | ㄲ | — |
| Row 2, key 6 | ㅅ | ㅆ | — |
| Row 2, key 7 | ㅛ | ㅛ | — |
| Row 2, key 8 | ㅕ | ㅕ | — |
| Row 2, key 9 | ㅑ | ㅑ | — |
| Row 2, key 10 | ㅐ | ㅒ | — |
| Row 2, key 11 | ㅔ | ㅖ | — |
| Row 2, key 12 | [ | { | — |
| Row 2, key 13 | ] | } | — |
| Row 2, key 14 | \ | | | — |
| Row 3, key 2 | ㅁ | ㅁ | — |
| Row 3, key 3 | ㄴ | ㄴ | — |
| Row 3, key 4 | ㅇ | ㅇ | — |
| Row 3, key 5 | ㄹ | ㄹ | — |
| Row 3, key 6 | ㅎ | ㅎ | — |
| Row 3, key 7 | ㅗ | ㅗ | — |
| Row 3, key 8 | ㅓ | ㅓ | — |
| Row 3, key 9 | ㅏ | ㅏ | — |
| Row 3, key 10 | ㅣ | ㅣ | — |
| Row 3, key 11 | ; | : | — |
| Row 3, key 12 | ' | " | — |
| Row 4, key 2 | ㅋ | ㅋ | — |
| Row 4, key 3 | ㅌ | ㅌ | — |
| Row 4, key 4 | ㅊ | ㅊ | — |
| Row 4, key 5 | ㅍ | ㅍ | — |
| Row 4, key 6 | ㅠ | ㅠ | — |
| Row 4, key 7 | ㅜ | ㅜ | — |
| Row 4, key 8 | ㅡ | ㅡ | — |
| Row 4, key 9 | , | < | — |
| Row 4, key 10 | . | > | — |
| Row 4, key 11 | / | ? | — |
Direct typing with Shift and AltGr
This keyboard has no phonetic engine, and that is deliberate: Hangul spelling maps cleanly onto its own keys. Click a key — or press its physical counterpart with the hardware toggle on — and the exact character appears. Capitals and common variants live on Shift (46 characters), extended and rare forms on AltGr (0 characters).
Dead keys are enabled, so accents compose naturally: press the accent, then the vowel. On mobile, everything is tappable at full key size, and the editor keeps left to right ordering correct even when you mix Hangul with Latin words or digits in the same sentence.
Getting the most out of this keyboard
Start with the Romanisation variant if you are unsure: Type 'annyeong' → '안녕' with full syllable composition. You can switch variants mid-text without losing what you typed.
Hangul runs left to right, so mixing it with in-line Latin terms, brand names or URLs just works: the editor keeps each run in its own direction without manual markers.
For pronunciation, press the speaker button: the ko-KR voice reads exactly what is in the editor, which makes this page a practical dictation and shadowing tool. Export the text first if you want to rehearse offline.
Preferred typefaces here are Noto Sans KR, Malgun Gothic, Nanum Gothic (fallback Noto Sans KR). If a character shows as a box on your device, switch fonts in the toolbar — complex-script shaping varies between systems, especially on older phones.
Hidden characters tour
Beyond the base alphabet, this keyboard hides real value on its upper layers. On Shift: ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + ㅃ ㅉ ㄸ ㄲ ㅆ ㅛ ㅕ ㅑ ㅒ ㅖ { } …. On AltGr: . Hold the on-screen Shift or AltGr key (or your physical one in hardware mode) to reach them, exactly like a desktop layout.
Dictionaries and resources for Korean Hangul Keyboard
Below the keyboard, the resource hub gathers 10 hand-picked links for Korean Hangul Keyboard: 4 monolingual dictionaries (including Lexilogos — dictionnaire, Standard Korean Dict — 국립국어원, Naver 사전, Wiktionary (ko)), 2 bilingual translators, 0 grammar and conjugation reference, 1 vocabulary and phrase guide, and 3 encyclopedias, newspapers and general resources. Type a word in the editor first and the links marked with an arrow receive it automatically — look up a definition, a conjugation or a translation without retyping.
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