They were invented by famous scholars in January 1444 under the direct influence of Sejong, the 4th king of the feudal Joson dynasty.

Hunminjongum literally means a proper sound teaching people and is made up of 17 consonants and 11 vowels.

Hunminjongum is the Korean nation's unique letters unprecedented in the world.

World's letters can be categorized into rebus, ideogram, phonogram and others. The phonogram is divided into syllable and alphabetic letters. The alphabetic letters are almost perfect and advanced, for which Hunminjongum is superior.

With it, it is possible to pronounce almost all sounds of any languages in the world.

Besides, being made on the unique principle of imitating the shape of man's speech organs, it has many excellent characteristics, i.e. easy to learn and convenient to use.