Explanation 1 · Principles of Creation

By understanding these five principles,
    the relationship between sounds and letters becomes clear,
    making it easier to grasp their structure.
    Simply by looking at the shape of a letter,
    one can intuitively understand
    the type of sound it represents.

    Additionally, there are semi-tongue sounds ㄹ(R/L)
    and semi-dental sounds ㅿ [z],
    which also follow the shape of their respective speech organs
    but differ in form and phonetic characteristics.

    The sounds ㄴ ㅁ ㅅ ㅇ(N M S ◌)
    appear later in the order of introduction
    (e.g., ㄷ ㅌ ㄴ) (D T N).
    But since they are relatively soft,
    they come first and serve as root letters
    when modeling other letters.

    For the molar sounds,
    ㄱ(G) is placed first instead of ㆁ[ŋ].
    Other consonants are derived
    by taking the root letters
    ㄱ ㄴ ㅁ ㅅ ㅇ(G N M S ◌)
    as the basis for their shapes.


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