Korean manual alphabet
The Korean manual alphabet (지화 jihwa) is used by the Deaf in South Korea who speak Korean Sign Language. It is a one-handed alphabet that mimics the shapes of the letters in hangul.
Consonants
The only letter with motion as a component is ssang siot (ㅆ), which starts as what in the American Sign Language alphabet is a downward pointing 'R' handshape, and then snaps open.
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Vowels
Note that the vowels eo, yeo and the diphthongs based on them, e, ye, have slightly different orientations. It is not known if this is correct, perhaps to aid in distinguishing eo and yeo, or an error in the source materials for this article.
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