What is Hangul Day (한글날)?
Hangul Day (한글날) falls on October 9, the day South Korea celebrates Hangul, the Korean alphabet. King Sejong proclaimed it in 1446, so 2026 marks its 580th year, and the day is a national holiday. On Chuseok, Koreans wish each other a good holiday instead of saying congratulations. Hangul Day is different: it takes 축하해요, and the official ceremony is even called a 경축식, a celebration. It is also the one day a year when a fan letter in Korean means something simply because it is written in Korean.
- Happy Hangul Day — 한글날 축하해요 Make this into a card
- This is my first letter written in Hangul — 한글로 처음 써 보는 편지예요 Make this into a card
Hangul Day lines for your idol
Each of these tells your idol that the Korean on the card is your own work. 여러분 is the polite way to say "you all" to a group. Writing to a solo artist? Put their name in its place.
- I learned Hangul thanks to all of you — 한글을 배운 건 여러분 덕분이에요 Make this into a card
- It's not perfect, but I wrote it with my own hand — 서툴지만 제 손으로 직접 썼어요 Make this into a card
- Someday I'd like to talk with you in Korean — 언젠가 한국어로 이야기 나누고 싶어요 Make this into a card
Why write it by hand?
Hangul builds every syllable from a small set of letters, and our handwriting practice is built the same way. It takes each syllable block apart and teaches every new letter once. Enter 한글날 축하해요 and you practice 11 letters, then write the 7 blocks they build. By the third block, 날, there is nothing new to learn: ㄴ, ㅏ and ㄹ already came up in 한 and 글.
The practice grid and the card keep only Hangul, though. Roman letters, numbers and emoji have no strokes to trace, so they quietly drop off the card. Write your idol's name in Hangul too, and every letter you write makes it onto the card.