Is Hangul enough?
Posted: 2015-05-19, 1:40
If I learn the Hangul silibaries and letters, is that enough to be able to read Korean? How common are the Chinese characters in Korean?
Yasna wrote:It's not enough. Chinese characters appear pretty regularly in newspapers, especially headlines. Here are a couple of examples from today's Chosun:
靑 정무수석·特補, 이렇게 '소모품'으로 써도 되는 자리인가
"한명숙 前총리 뇌물 판결 지연" 보수단체, 대법관 3명 檢 고발
That said, they are far less important in Korean than in the other two big East Asian languages. I think a few hundred characters will have you covered for 99% of situations.