Typing Korean on English Keyboard
Setting up Korean language keyboard as a secondary IME is not a difficult task.
(If you have not read the previous blog on how to set up Korean language on English Dashboard, then read that first)
Once you have successfully set up the keyboard, the next task is knowing how to use the English keyboard for typing Korean characters.
Your English Language Keyboard will not work the same when you are typing Korean characters.
Remember this — when you are writing Korean on paper, you are arranging the consonants and vowels into square-shaped clusters, where each square is a syllable. However, when typing, the characters are getting assembled in a linear sequence. Here, your laptop will automatically assemble them into syllabic clusters.
So for example, if I am to write “Hello” in Korean, which would be 안녕하세요. Notice how the characters are assembled.
The first 3 characters “ㅇ”, “ㅏ”, “ㄴ” are assembled to form 1 syllable. Again, look at the second syllable, where characters “ㄴ”, “ㅕ”, “ㅇ” are assembled to form one syllabic cluster. The following three syllabic clusters “하”, “세”, “요” are made using 2 characters only.
The pattern in which the characters are assembled is done automatically by the computer. This article will not focus on how the computer is doing the task. Instead, the article will focus on how readers can look at the English Keyboard and understand which English Alphabet translates into which Korean Alphabet.
Follow the table below to translate your English Keyboard into Korean Keyboard:
