How to Type Korean on a Keyboard

Typing Hangul comes down to one rule — a consonant, a vowel, then an optional final, in that order. Learn it by typing real Korean words on the 2-set (Dubeolsik) keyboard.

How a syllable is built

One block = one consonant + one vowel + 0–2 final consonants (받침, batchim).
Type in order: consonant → vowel → final. The final is optional.
A final can be none, a single, or a double consonant (like ㄳ or ㄺ).
Press the keys out of order and the block won't form — order is everything.
Some letters share a key — hold Shift for the tense consonants (ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ) and the double vowels (ㅒ ㅖ).

Try it

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Keyboard layout (두벌식 Dubeolsik)

Korean keyboards put consonants on the left, vowels on the right. The highlighted keys spell the word above.

No Korean keyboard yet? Set one up on the home page first.