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Korean language and computers
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<p>The <a href="/facts/Hangul/prUQxzfJ">writing system</a> of the <a href="/facts/Korean_language/dmNnRxAA">Korean language</a> is a syllabic alphabet of character parts (<i>jamo</i>) organized into character blocks (<i>geulja</i>) representing <a href="/facts/Syllable/Ylt7pyJe">syllables</a>. The character parts cannot be written from left to right on the computer, as in many Western languages. Every possible syllable in Korean would have to be rendered as syllable blocks by a <a href="/facts/Computer_font/G8w72cFp">font</a>, or each character part would have to be <a href="/facts/Code/CSntvnEo">encoded</a> separately. <a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a> has both options; the character parts ㅎ (h) and ㅏ (a), and the combined syllable 하 (ha), are encoded. </p>