Hangul Harvest is a free browser game that teaches you to read Hangul, the Korean alphabet. You click, earn points, and unlock more letters, words, and sentences as you go. There is no signup, nothing to install, and it works on a computer or a phone.
Why an idle game?
Memorizing 24 letters from a chart is easy to start and easy to abandon. An idle game gives small, steady rewards for every card you learn and every quiz you answer, so coming back for a few minutes at a time feels natural. The goal is simple: get a complete beginner from not being able to read Korean at all to reading real sentences.
How the game works
Tier 1 — Word learning. You start with a single letter and learn the 24 basic letters (jamo), then real words, then short sentences. Letters are unlocked in the order they are most useful, so you can read real words early instead of finishing the whole chart first.
Tier 2 — Travel. Phrases for the places a traveler visits: the airport, taxi, lodging, restaurant, and shopping.
Tier 3 — One-month stay. Korean for settling in for a month: finding a place with a real estate agent, talking to a neighbor, the post office, the convenience store, and the hospital and pharmacy.
Tier 4 — K-culture. Casual speech, chimaek (fried chicken and beer) and noraebang (karaoke), a concert, a drama night, and a farewell, followed by a recap of the sentence patterns you have learned.
The Sejong puzzle. Finishing locations reveals pieces of a puzzle picture.
The epilogue and certificate. At the end you read the preface of the Hunminjeongeum (훈민정음, the 1446 document that introduced Hangul), and earn a certificate with King Sejong's seal.
Good to know
Pronunciation uses your browser's built-in text-to-speech voice, so the sound depends on your device. If you don't hear Korean, check that your device has a Korean voice installed.
Your progress is saved in your own browser, not on a server. Use the "Save backup" button at the bottom of the game to download your progress, and "Load backup" to restore it on another device or after clearing your browser data.
The certificate is a keepsake for finishing the game. It is not an accredited academic credential.
Guides
Alongside the game, we are writing short guides on how Hangul works and how to learn it. You can find them in the Guides section.
Who makes it
Hangul Harvest is made and maintained by an independent developer. You can read how the game was designed in Behind Hangul Harvest. The game is supported by advertising, which keeps it free.
Feedback
If a word is wrong, a quiz is confusing, or something doesn't work on your device, I would like to hear about it. See the Contact page.