Korean KORDA Jamo (SIL) Keyboard Help
Overview
The Korean KORDA Jamo (SIL) keyboard is built to type Korean using the transliteration system KORDA (Korean Romanization for Data Application). KORDA is designed to make Latin-Korean transliteration easy, accurate, and computerizable. For more information on KORDA, see About KORDA.
The Korean KORDA Jamo (SIL) keyboard creates hangeul syllables from jamo letters each time you press Spacebar.
On Screen Keyboard
This keyboard includes an On Screen Keyboard view for easy reference. The On Screen Keyboard works best when associated with a QWERTY US layout.
Fonts
This is a Unicode keyboard and works with any Unicode font which has support for Korean characters. Common fonts which work with this keyboard are:
- Arial Unicode MS
- Batang
- Dotum
- Gulim
- Gungsuh
- Malgun Gothic
Keyboard Layout
Korean KORDA Jamo (SIL) Keyboard
Keyboard Details
Korean KORDA Jamo (SIL) Keyboard
The Korean KORDA Jamo (SIL) keyboard converts Korean jamo into hangeul after you press Spacebar. As you type, Korean jamo are shown. When you press Spacebar, the jamo are converted into a hangeul syllable.
Example: type sam to see 사ᄆ. Press Spacebar to get 삼.
Pressing Spacebar twice will insert a space. If you wish to insert uncombined jamo into your text, press Shift+Spacebar.
The letters c, y, and w require you to type another key to get a jamo. The letter c needs h. The letters y and w need vowels.
Complete Typing Guide
Consonants
| Jamo | Keystroke |
|---|---|
| ᄀ | g |
| ᄁ | g+g |
| ᄂ | n |
| ᄃ | d |
| ᄄ | d+d |
| ᄅ | Initial: r Final: l |
| ᄆ | m |
| ᄇ | b |
| ᄈ | b+b |
| ᄉ | s |
| ᄊ | s+s |
| ᆼ | Initial: Automatic Final: n+g |
| ᄌ | j |
| ᄍ | j+j |
| ᄎ | c+h |
| ᄏ | k |
| ᄐ | t |
| ᄑ | p |
| ᄒ | h |
Vowels
| Jamo | Keystroke |
|---|---|
| ᅡ | a |
| ᅣ | y+a |
| ᅥ | u |
| ᅧ | y+u |
| ᅩ | o |
| ᅭ | y+o |
| ᅮ | o+o |
| ᅲ | y+o+o |
| ᅳ | e+u |
| ᅵ | i |
| ᅢ | a+e |
| ᅤ | y+a+e |
| ᅦ | e |
| ᅨ | y+e |
| ᅪ | w+a |
| ᅫ | w+a+e |
| ᅬ | o+e |
| ᅯ | w+o |
| ᅰ | w+e |
| ᅱ | w+i |
| ᅴ | u+i |
