Hangul Tracing Worksheet with Native Handwriting (Free PDF)

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This sheet goes up on October 9 — 한글날 (Hangul Day), the South Korean holiday that marks King Sejong's proclamation of 훈민정음 (Hunminjeongeum), Hangul's original name, in 1446. Writing the letters yourself is a fitting way to spend it.

See also: Printable Hangul chart

How to Use the Worksheet

• Print both pages on A4 (on US Letter, choose "fit to page") and use a pencil. To reuse one copy, slip it into a clear sheet protector and write with a dry-erase marker.
• Work across each row: look at the handwritten model in the "native" box, trace the three gray letters slowly, then write the letter six times on your own in the empty squares.
• Use the dashed cross in each square to keep the letter centered and the same size every time.
• Say the sound out loud each time you write — the romanization next to each printed letter tells you what it is.
• Keep it short and daily: page 1 one day, page 2 the next, 10–15 minutes each, for a week. Reading comes fast — how long it takes to learn Hangul — and writing locks it in.
• When the shapes feel easy, check your reading with Hangul Reading Practice and your typing with Hangul Typing Practice.

Why Trace Real Handwriting?

Printed Korean letters — especially the stand-alone consonants — are drawn flat and boxy in most fonts, which isn't how anyone writes them by hand. Tracing a native speaker's letters teaches the proportions you'll actually see on notes and whiteboards. Korean handwriting vs fonts shows the difference side by side. Want every letter on one page for your wall, with its print and handwritten forms side by side? Print the Hangul chart too.

Page 1: The 14 Basic Consonants

The consonants run in dictionary order, ㄱ to ㅎ. As you write them, look for families: Hangul's creators drew five basic shapes — ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅅ, ㅇ — and made stronger sounds by adding strokes. Tracing a letter and then its "stroke-added" partner helps both stick.

ㄹ (r/l) stands on its own. And ㅇ is marked "–/ng" on the sheet because it does two jobs: at the start of a syllable it's silent and simply holds the spot in a syllable that begins with a vowel; at the bottom of a syllable, as a batchim, it's "ng." The Korean alphabet page explains how letters stack into blocks.

Page 2: Vowels and Double Consonants

The 10 vowels are built from just three pieces: a short stroke, a flat line (ㅡ) and an upright line (ㅣ). Adding a second short stroke adds a y-sound: ㅏ (a) becomes ㅑ (ya), ㅗ (o) becomes ㅛ (yo). Where the vowel sits depends on its shape. Upright vowels — ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅣ — go to the right of the consonant, as in 가. Flat vowels — ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ — go under it, as in 고.

The last five rows are the double consonants ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅉ and ㅆ: two copies of a plain letter squeezed into one square, so each half is drawn narrower. They sound tense, not long — see double consonants.

After the Sheet: Your First Words

Once single letters feel easy, use the empty squares for whole syllables — one block per square. These words use only letters from the two pages:

Common Learner Mistakes

• Writing a vowel on its own. A written syllable can't start with a bare vowel, so "a" is written 아, with the silent ㅇ in front — never just ㅏ.
• Forgetting that ㅇ changes job. The same circle is silent at the start of a syllable (아) and "ng" at the bottom (강).
• Mixing up ㅓ and ㅗ. The short stroke of ㅓ (eo) points left from an upright line; the short stroke of ㅗ (o) sits on top of a flat line. They're different sounds too — see 어 vs 오.
• Putting a flat vowel beside the consonant. 고 has ㅗ underneath, not to the right.
• Treating double consonants as "longer." ㄲ isn't a stretched ㄱ; it's a tense sound, and it changes the word.
• Copying the font instead of the handwriting. Use the handwritten model, not the flat printed letter, as your guide.

Related Knowledge

• Printable Hangul chart
• Korean handwriting vs fonts
• The Korean alphabet, explained
• Double consonants
• 어 vs 오