Hangul stroke order
Hangul stroke order with animated, stroke-by-stroke writing of consonants, vowels, double final consonants, syllables and words. Standard textbook stroke order, step-by-step pictures, writing rules and common mistakes.
Pick a letter and watch it being written stroke by stroke. The red dot is the pen tip. Follow the numbers and directions in your notebook!
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Stroke order rules
- 1. Write from top to bottom.
With several horizontal strokes, start with the top one.
- 2. Write from left to right.
With several vertical strokes, start with the left one.
- 3. Horizontal strokes go left → right, vertical strokes go top → bottom.
Never draw a stroke backward. Bent strokes (ㄱ·ㄴ) are written in one go.
- 4. ㅇ starts at the very top and goes around counterclockwise.
Don't start from the bottom or the side, and don't go clockwise.
- 5. The right stroke of ㅅ·ㅈ·ㅊ starts around the middle of the left stroke.
Two strokes don't start from the same point.
- 6. Write a syllable in this order: initial consonant → vowel → final consonant (batchim).
The final consonant (batchim) always comes last.
- 7. For double consonants and double final consonants, finish the left letter, then write the right one.
Don't switch back and forth between the two letters.
Common writing mistakes
- ✗ Starting ㅇ at the bottom or going clockwise
○ Start at the very top and go around counterclockwise in one motion.
- ✗ Splitting ㅁ into four strokes
○ ㅁ has 3 strokes: left vertical → ㄱ shape → bottom horizontal.
- ✗ Writing ㄹ as one wavy line
○ ㄹ has 3 strokes: ㄱ shape → middle horizontal → ㄴ shape.
- ✗ Starting ㅂ with a horizontal stroke
○ Write the two vertical strokes first, then the middle horizontal → the bottom horizontal.
- ✗ Starting ㅓ·ㅕ with the vertical stroke
○ Write the short horizontal stroke first and the long vertical stroke last. (For ㅏ·ㅑ, the vertical stroke comes first.)
- ✗ Starting ㅗ·ㅛ with the horizontal stroke
○ Write the short vertical stroke first and the long horizontal stroke last. (For ㅜ·ㅠ, the horizontal stroke comes first.)
When writing fast by hand, ㅈ·ㅊ·ㅎ may look a little different. This page follows the standard stroke order taught in Korean elementary school textbooks.
Stroke order chart at a glance
Basic consonants
Double consonants
Basic vowels
Compound vowels
Double final consonants
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