Korean (Hangul) Keyboard Online — Type in Korean (Hangul) Free

Korean Hangul Keyboard Online

This on-screen Korean keyboard follows the Dubeolsik layout — the 두벌식 or "two-set" arrangement found on virtually every keyboard sold in South Korea. Consonants sit on the left half of the board and vowels on the right, so a single tap of one hand's key gives you an initial consonant and the other hand fills in the vowel. Click the letters you need, or focus the text box and let the shift highlighting guide you, then copy the result into a message, a homework file, or a comment.

Every letter of the Hangul alphabet is here, so you can spell out 한국어 without installing a Korean IME on your machine.

Dubeolsik separates the 14 basic consonants (left) from the vowels (right). It is the standard national layout, so anything you learn here transfers directly to a physical Korean keyboard.

Try it: 안녕하세요 — "hello" · 한국 — Korea · 김치 — kimchi

How to Spell Hangul Syllables Step by Step

Korean writing groups letters into square syllable blocks: an initial consonant, a vowel, and an optional final consonant called a 받침 (batchim). You build each block by pressing its letters in that reading order.

1

Start with a consonant on the left

The left half of the board (Q through T, A through G, Z through V positions) holds the consonants. For a syllable that begins with a vowel sound, press the silent ㅇ as a placeholder initial.

2

Add a vowel from the right

Vowels live on the right half. Tap one and it joins the consonant you just placed. For example, ㅎ then ㅏ gives the letters of 하 (ha).

3

Close with a final consonant if needed

Many syllables end in a consonant. Press one more consonant key to add the 받침, as in ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ for 한 (han).

4

Copy the finished text

When the text box reads the way you want, press Copy to send everything to your clipboard. The live counter shows how many characters you have typed.

This keyboard inserts one Hangul letter (jamo) per key, so a syllable appears as its separate letters rather than a pre-merged block. Use Backspace to remove the last letter or Clear to empty the box.

How the Dubeolsik Layout Splits Consonants and Vowels

The 2-set name comes from the two families of letters the layout keeps apart. Reach for the left hand and you get consonants; reach for the right and you get vowels. That split is what makes Korean fast to type once it clicks — your hands almost always alternate, one placing a consonant while the other sets the vowel.

The Shift Layer: Tense (Ssang) Consonants

Shift does something narrow and specific on this layout. It does not affect most keys at all — it only produces the five tense "double" consonants and two extra vowels:

Shift + ㅂ gives ㅃ (pp) · Shift + ㅈ gives ㅉ (jj)
Shift + ㄷ gives ㄸ (tt) · Shift + ㄱ gives ㄲ (kk)
Shift + ㅅ gives ㅆ (ss)
Shift + ㅐ gives ㅒ (yae) · Shift + ㅔ gives ㅖ (ye)

So to write 꿈 (kkum, "dream"), hold Shift and press the ㄱ key to get ㄲ, then add ㅜ and ㅁ. Every other letter on the board ignores Shift, so you never worry about accidental capitals the way you would on a Latin keyboard.

Building Compound Vowels

Dubeolsik gives no dedicated keys to compound vowels such as ㅘ, ㅚ, or ㅢ. You form them from two vowel keys pressed in sequence: ㅗ + ㅏ for ㅘ (wa), ㅗ + ㅣ for ㅚ (oe), and ㅡ + ㅣ for ㅢ (ui). This mirrors exactly how the letters are combined on a hardware Korean keyboard.

Every Hangul Letter and Where It Sits

Consonants (Left Half)

Fourteen basic consonants fill the left-hand keys. Their romanized sound shifts slightly by position in the syllable — the first value is the initial sound.

ㅂ bieup (b/p) · ㅈ jieut (j) · ㄷ digeut (d/t) · ㄱ giyeok (g/k) · ㅅ siot (s)
ㅁ mieum (m) · ㄴ nieun (n) · ㅇ ieung (silent initial / ng final) · ㄹ rieul (r/l) · ㅎ hieut (h)
ㅋ kieuk (k) · ㅌ tieut (t) · ㅊ chieut (ch) · ㅍ pieup (p)

Vowels (Right Half)

The right-hand keys carry the simple and iotized (y-) vowels. Note how the plain and "y" versions pair up.

ㅏ a · ㅑ ya · ㅓ eo · ㅕ yeo
ㅗ o · ㅛ yo · ㅜ u · ㅠ yu
ㅡ eu · ㅣ i · ㅐ ae · ㅔ e

Worked example — 김치 (kimchi): spell 김 as ㄱ + ㅣ + ㅁ, then 치 as ㅊ + ㅣ. Reading the letters left to right, top to bottom, is exactly the order you press them.

Good to Know About Hangul

Hangul was promulgated in 1446 under King Sejong the Great, designed so ordinary people could read and write.
The full alphabet counts 19 consonant letters (14 basic plus 5 tense) and 21 vowels; this layout puts the core set on single keys and leaves the rest to key combinations.
Letters are never written in a straight line — they stack into syllable blocks of two to four letters, which is why the initial-vowel-final order matters when you type.

Korean Typing Questions

Which Korean keyboard layout is this?

It is Dubeolsik (두벌식), the standard 2-set layout used across South Korea. Consonants occupy the left half of the board and vowels the right, matching the keys printed on a hardware Korean keyboard.

How do I type tense consonants like ㄲ, ㅆ, or ㅉ?

Hold Shift and press the matching plain consonant. Shift + ㄱ yields ㄲ, Shift + ㅅ yields ㅆ, and Shift + ㅈ yields ㅉ. Only five keys have a tense pair, plus ㅐ/ㅔ which shift to ㅒ/ㅖ.

Where are compound vowels such as ㅘ or ㅢ?

They have no key of their own. On Dubeolsik you build them from two vowels in a row: press ㅗ then ㅏ for ㅘ, or ㅡ then ㅣ for ㅢ.

Why do my letters appear side by side instead of stacking into blocks?

This tool inserts each Hangul letter exactly as you press it, so the letters of a syllable stay visible one after another rather than merging into a single square. Type them in initial-vowel-final order and they spell the syllable correctly; a Korean-aware editor or IME can then render them as blocks if you paste the text there.

Do I need a Korean input method on my computer?

No. Clicking or tapping the on-screen keys inserts Hangul letters directly, so you can write Korean even on a machine set to English. If you do type with your physical keyboard, those keystrokes go through your operating system's current language — the Shift and Caps keys still highlight the on-screen layer to help you follow along.