Talk:Korean mixed script

Advantages?
What are the perceived advantages of mixed script? To me, it just seems more complicated. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 16:40, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not used anymore; when it was, it was because Chinese script was not appropriate for representing spoken Korean and thus people had to add in Korean writing for function words (similar situation as that of Japanese, which still does use mixed script). Some psycholinguists also claimed that it made reading easier since you could focus your attention on content words and bypass function words. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 10:39, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know how it was used. Just curious on why someone would want it back. I see the point of simplifying reading, but I think it would be simpler with spaces. ;) 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 10:54, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I would imagine people who want it back (if there are such people) want it back not for linguistically-motivated reasons, but for political, cultural, or nostalgic reasons. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 10:55, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, yeah, probably. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 10:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've been studying Japanese for a couple of years and it is actually much easier to understand a word written in kanji (if you know the kanji) than in hiragana. Maybe it's because when a word is written in a phonetic system you have to decipher several characters, recreate the sound in your mind and only then try to associate that sound-chain with a meaning. On the other hand, when you see a kanji, you see the meaning right away. You don't even have to remember how the word sounds. I ignore the scientific basis of this, but the advantages mentioned in the article seem true in my experience. --Simiyachaq (talk) 20:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


 * OP, you are a hypocrite! You have a Japanese username and don't even know that Japanese still employ this system on a daily basis. The advantages are given in the answer above mine. --2.246.82.154 (talk) 05:31, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Public domain books in korean mixed script
http://books.google.com/books?id=gcYuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	中東戰紀 Authors	Young John Allen, 蔡爾康 Publisher	皇城新聞社, 1899 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	404 pages Subjects	Chinese-Japanese War, 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895

http://books.google.com/books?id=JfRDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	Chosŏn chiji Author	Korea. Hakpu. Pʻyŏnjipkuk Publisher	Hakpu Pʻyŏnjipkuk, 1895 Original from	Columbia University Digitized	Jun 10, 2009 Length	102 pages Subjects	Korea

http://books.google.com/books?id=B8YuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	精選萬國史 Author	Sang-yŏn Kim Publisher	皇城新聞社, 1906 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	192 pages Subjects	World history

http://books.google.com/books?id=n_cuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	普通教科東國歷史 Author	Korea. Hakpu Published	1899 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Subjects	History › Asia › Korea

History / Asia / Korea Korea

http://books.google.com/books?id=1L4uAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	Potʻong kyokwa Tongguk yŏksa Author	Korea. Hakpu Published	1899 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 17, 2008 Subjects	History › Asia › Korea

History / Asia / Korea Korea

http://books.google.com/books?id=EckuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	蒙學漢文初階 Author	Yŏng-ŭi Wŏn Publisher	廣學書舗, 1907 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	80 pages Subjects	Foreign Language Study › Chinese

Chinese language Foreign Language Study / Chinese

http://books.google.com/books?id=LcwuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	西禮須知 Author	Korea. Hakpu Published	1902 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	38 pages Subjects	Etiquette

http://books.google.com/books?id=d8EuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	Hyŏngpŏp Kwanbo purok Authors	Korea, Korea. Ŭijŏngbu Publisher	議政府, 1905 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	60 pages Subjects	Criminal law

http://books.google.com/books?id=Lc0uAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	新法令: 現行註釋 Authors	Korea, Pŏm-sŏng Yi Publisher	廣學書舗, 1908 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	96 pages

http://books.google.com/books?id=ucEuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	月印釋譜, Volume 1 Wŏrin sŏkpo, Sejo (King of Korea) Author	Sejo (King of Korea) Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Subjects	Religion › Buddhism › General

Buddhists Korean language Mahayana Buddhism Religion / Buddhism / General Religion / Buddhism / History

http://books.google.com/books?id=5MEuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	Wŏrin sŏkpo, Volume 2 Wŏrin sŏkpo, Sejo (King of Korea) Author	Sejo (King of Korea) Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Subjects	Buddhists Korean language Mahayana Buddhism

http://books.google.com/books?id=z8EuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	Wŏrin sŏkpo, Volume 3 Wŏrin sŏkpo, Sejo (King of Korea) Author	Sejo (King of Korea) Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Subjects	Buddhists Korean language Mahayana Buddhism

http://books.google.com/books?id=zccuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	現行刑法大典 Author	Korea Publisher	Kim Kyo-gak, 1908 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Subjects	Criminal law

http://books.google.com/books?id=B8YuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	精選萬國史 Author	Sang-yŏn Kim Publisher	皇城新聞社, 1906 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	192 pages Subjects	World history

http://books.google.com/books?id=Y8cuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	家庭養鷄新編 Author	Kyu-sik Sin Published	1908 Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Length	118 pages Subjects	Poultry

http://books.google.com/books?id=fcIuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title	Kyujemun Volume 2 of Pŏpkyu yupʻyŏn, Korea Authors	Korea, Korea. Naegak Kirokkwa Publisher	Naegak Kirokkwa Original from	Harvard University Digitized	Oct 16, 2008 Subjects	Law

Rajmaan (talk) 13:53, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Uneditable error
Strange that the little window at the beginning of this article showing a sample of the topic would have "Direction: Left to right," when the sample pictured is actually in the usual format of top to bottom, right to left. That line is uneditable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kilaueabart (talk • contribs) 02:56, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * That's not a caption, but rather referring to a general property of the script itself. Opencooper (talk) 07:23, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Section move proposal
I propose that subsections Hanja: Hanmun and Adaptation of hanja to Korean of this article be moved to Hanja § History. There is nothing in these sections on Korean mixed script, but the material is related directly to the history of hanja. —  AjaxSmack 21:27, 10 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Makes sense, and as it relates more to hanja than mixed script moving it might be an uncontroversial move. If someone disagrees they can always revert you later and discuss it then. To me the section seems very much about hanja thus would have more place there. --Donald Trung (talk) 21:32, 10 January 2022 (UTC)