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Comment by Emi Shimosato (Kyoko) on March 4, 2010 at 5:03pm

Thank you! I also cannot read and pronounce them, every other countries' characters are just like art!

Comment by Birdie on March 4, 2010 at 4:20pm

this is awesome! I haven't a clue what it all means but the design of each character is like art. Very pretty!

Comment by Emi Shimosato (Kyoko) on March 4, 2010 at 11:43am

Thank you, Patricia :)
Korean alphabets are very different from Japanese and Chinese. They are actually very basic pronunciation symbols, their characters are described by combination of those. I heard old Koreans used to use some Chinese characters, but young people. We Japanese still use similar or the same Chinese characters, sometimes the meaning of a character is the same. In very old era, Japan was influenced by Chinese a lot. When I see old Japanese culture, I feel it looks like Chinese.

Comment by Patricia W. Tingley on March 4, 2010 at 10:03am

What a colorful way to "hold" the Koran alphabet in mind and heart! Does this alphabet use the same characters as Chinese & Japanese or are they modifications or distinctly Korean?
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful treasure.

Comment by Emi Shimosato (Kyoko) on March 4, 2010 at 9:21am

Thank you very much!!

Comment by Susan on March 4, 2010 at 9:15am

I really like it too. The colors work so well together.

Comment by Larri on March 4, 2010 at 8:50am

Wow! Not only beautiful, but educational as well. Great job! :o)