AnimeLang
How to type in Korean
Your computer and your phone already have a Korean keyboard. It only needs turning on, and here's how on each, plus how the standard layout puts Hangul under your fingers.
Typing a word yourself is part of learning it: building each syllable block from its letters is how Hangul sticks. AnimeLang doesn't transliterate, so this is the first ten minutes of the course.
On a Mac
- Open System Settings › Keyboard, then Text Input › Edit.
- Click +, search for Korean and add 2-Set Korean, the standard layout.
- Switch with Control-Space, or from the input menu in the menu bar. To use the 🌐 key instead, set Keyboard › “Press 🌐 key to” › Change Input Source.
On Windows 11
- Open Settings › Time & language › Language & region.
- Next to Preferred languages, choose Add a language, pick Korean, then Next and Install. Its keyboard is Microsoft IME.
- Click the A in the taskbar so it turns into 가. After that, Right Alt switches between Korean and English, and Windows key + Space switches keyboards.
On an iPhone or iPad
- Go to Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New Keyboard, choose Korean, then 2-Set.
- To switch, touch and hold the 🌐 key and pick the keyboard.
On Android
- With the keyboard open, tap Settings › Languages › Add keyboard in Gboard, pick Korean and tap Done.
- To switch, touch and hold the space bar.
- On a Samsung phone, the Samsung Keyboard offers 쿼티 (QWERTY, the same 2-set idea) and 천지인, a layout made for phone keypads.
How the 2-set layout works
- Consonants are on the left half of the keyboard and vowels on the right. You type a syllable's letters in order, and they join into a block: ㅎ, ㅏ, ㄴ gives 한.
- Shift with Q, W, E, R or T gives the double consonants ㅃ ㅉ ㄸ ㄲ ㅆ.
- Shift with O or P gives ㅒ and ㅖ.
From Apple's, Microsoft's and Google's own help: Mac, Windows, iPhone, Gboard, and Samsung.