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Korean typing practice

1 / 10Hello

Click here, then type the sentence above.

Backspace removes one letter, not the whole block — same as a Korean keyboard.

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Why the speed is in characters, not words

English typing speed is quoted in words per minute, where a “word” is counted as five keystrokes. That conversion does not survive the trip to Korean: one Hangul block takes two or three keystrokes and stands for a whole syllable, so five keystrokes is somewhere between one and three blocks depending on the letters.

Korean typing tests therefore count 타수 — strokes, reported per minute. This tool reports characters per minute for the same reason. A comfortable conversational pace is around 150; Korean office workers routinely clear 400.

If the keyboard itself is the new part

Start on the on-screen Hangul keyboard, where every key carries its QWERTY legend and nothing is timed. Come back here once your fingers know where and live.

Consonants sit under the left hand and vowels under the right, so most syllables alternate hands. That is the layout doing its job, not a coincidence.