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Consonant shapes drawn from the mouth.
Also known as: Hangul consonant design, Articulatory letter shapes
The Korean principle shaping each basic consonant letter after the position of the tongue, lips or throat that produces it.
Shapes each basic consonant letter after the articulator that produces its sound.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Is stated explicitly in the Hunminjeongeum Haerye of 1446, which makes hangul one of very few scripts whose design rationale survives in the words of its designers rather than being reconstructed; strokes are added to a base shape to mark aspiration, so the notation is systematic as well as iconic.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Five basic consonant shapes, each a simplified outline of an articulator: a bent line for the tongue against the palate, a square for the closed lips, a circle for the open throat.