Hangul (the Korean script I wrote Jangmi's name in) is actually an alphabet of 24 letters. The letters are grouped in syllables rather than written linearly as we write with our Roman lettering but, like our own alphabet, each letter represents a sound. Hangul is quite different than the stylized picture writing used in many Asian countries where each symbol represents a word. Called Kanja in Korea, Kanji in Japan, and Xandzi in China or Hantu in Vietnam, it has over 10,000 different symbols. I also think Hangul looks beautiful and handwriting skills seem far more emphasized in Asia so everything written appears more like our calligraphy than our basic scribbled script even when it is written using their basic alphabets rather than the elegant and more meaning filled Kanji.