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Learning the Korean keyboard

Consonants on the left, vowels on the right. A few patterns make it easy to remember.

The standard Korean layout is called 2-Set (두벌식) because it has two sets of keys: consonants under the left hand and vowels under the right. Since almost every block goes consonant, vowel, consonant, your hands alternate, which makes Korean typing fast and comfortable.

Start with the home row. The left hand rests on ㅁ ㄴ ㅇ ㄹ (A S D F) and the right hand on ㅓ ㅏ ㅣ (J K L). With just these keys you can already type 나, 너, 이, 아니, 어머니.

Notice the vowel pairs. ㅗ and ㅓ, ㅏ and ㅣ sit side by side on the home row. The “y” vowels ㅛ ㅕ ㅑ are directly above on the top row, and ㅠ ㅜ ㅡ are on the bottom row.

The top-left keys ㅂ ㅈ ㄷ ㄱ ㅅ are the only ones that change with Shift, giving ㅃ ㅉ ㄸ ㄲ ㅆ. The strong consonants ㅋ ㅌ ㅊ ㅍ are together on the bottom-left.

Practice little and often. Ten minutes a day of copying real sentences works better than drilling single letters, because you learn the common combinations your fingers will actually need.

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