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Jungnim-dong Yakhyeon Catholic Church Outside 2
Jungnim-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Jung-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Attractions *Yakhyeon Catholic Church (약현성당 藥峴聖堂) *Son Gi-jeong Park Transportation * Chungjeongno Station of See also * Administrative divisions of South Korea *Kim Jeong-ho Kim Jeong-ho (pen name Gosanja; ‘the guy of old mountain’ 1804–1866?) was a Korean geographer and cartographer. He was born in Hwanghaedo. It is believed that he walked the entire length and breadth of the Korean peninsula, through mou ... References * * External links Jung-gu Official site in EnglishJung-gu Official site Jung-gu Tour Guide from the Official site Status quo of Jung-gu Resident offices and maps of Jung-gu Jungnim-dong resident office website Neighbourhoods of Jung-gu, Seoul {{Seoul-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
