Text messaging

This article will teach you how to text message on Korean phones.

Anycall(Samsung) and EVER(KTFT) phones

Anycall & EVER phone keypad

Anycall and EVER (brand) phones use •, ㅡ and ㅣ to create vowels when text messaging.

Anycall and EVER Phone Input

Vowels	How to create	Key Sequence
ㄲ	ㄱㄱㄱ	444
ㄸ	ㄷㄷㄷ	666
ㅃ	ㅂㅂㅂ	777
ㅆ	ㅅㅅㅅ	888
ㅉ	ㅈㅈㅈ	999
ㅏ	ㅣ•	12
ㅐ	ㅣ•ㅣ	121
ㅑ	ㅣ••	122
ㅒ	ㅣ••ㅣ	1221
ㅓ	•ㅣ	21
ㅔ	•ㅣㅣ	211
ㅕ	••ㅣ	221
ㅖ	••ㅣㅣ	2211
ㅗ	•ㅡ	23
ㅘ	•ㅡㅣ•	2312
ㅙ	•ㅡㅣ•ㅣ	23121
ㅚ	•ㅡㅣ	231
ㅛ	••ㅡ	223
ㅜ	ㅡ•	32
ㅝ	ㅡ••ㅣ	3221
ㅠ	ㅡ••	322
ㅡ	ㅡ	3
ㅢ	ㅡㅣ	31
ㅣ	ㅣ	1

Sky™(팬택&큐리텔) Phones

Sky™ (brand) phones have a different style of text messaging. Unlike the standard way, you don't use • and ㅣ to create vowels.

A Sky™ phone keypad

The consonants are self explanatory, so the table below shows how to create all the Korean vowels.

Sky™ Phone Input

Vowels	How to create	Key Sequence
ㄲ	ㄱㄱㄱ	111
ㄸ	ㄷㄷㄷ	444
ㅃ	ㅂㅂㅂ	888
ㅆ	ㅁㅁㅁ	777
ㅉ	ㅈㅈㅈ	***
ㅏ	ㅏ	3
ㅐ	ㅏㅣ	3 2
ㅑ	ㅑ	3 3
ㅒ	ㅑㅣ	33 2
ㅓ	ㅓ	6
ㅔ	ㅓㅣ	6 2
ㅕ	ㅕ	66
ㅖ	ㅕㅣ	62
ㅗ	ㅗ	9
ㅘ	ㅗㅏ	9 3
ㅙ	ㅗㅏㅣ	9 3 2
ㅚ	ㅗㅣ	9 2
ㅛ	ㅛ	99
ㅜ	ㅜ	#
ㅝ	ㅜㅓ	# 6
ㅠ	ㅠ	##
ㅡ	ㅡ	22
ㅢ	ㅡㅣ	222
ㅣ	ㅣ	2

CYON(LG) and CanU(팬택&큐리텔) Phones

CYON and CanU Phone Input

Vowels	How to create	Key Sequence
ㄲ	ㄱ 쌍자음	1 #
ㄸ	ㄴ 획추가 쌍자음	2 * #
ㅃ	ㅁ 획추가 쌍자음	5 * #
ㅆ	ㅅ 쌍자음	7 #
ㅉ	ㅅ 획추가 쌍자음	7 * #
ㅏ	ㅏ	3
ㅐ	ㅏㅣ	3 9
ㅑ	ㅏ 획추가	3 *
ㅒ	ㅏ 획추가 ㅣ	3 * 9
ㅓ	ㅓ	33
ㅔ	ㅓㅣ	3 9
ㅕ	ㅓ 획추가	33 *
ㅖ	ㅓ 획추가 ㅣ	33 * 9
ㅗ	ㅗ	6
ㅘ	ㅗㅏ	6 3
ㅙ	ㅗㅏㅣ	6 3 9
ㅚ	ㅗㅣ	3 9
ㅛ	ㅗ 획추가	6 *
ㅜ	ㅜ	66
ㅝ	ㅜㅓ	66 33
ㅠ	ㅜ 획추가	66 *
ㅡ	ㅡ	0
ㅢ	ㅡㅣ	0 9
ㅣ	ㅣ	9

Motorola Phones

Motorola Phone Input

Vowels	How to create	Key Sequence
ㅋ	ㄱ 획추가	1 #
ㅌ	ㄷ 획추가	4 #
ㅍ	ㅂ 획추가	7 #
ㅁ	ㄴ 획추가	2 #
ㅊ	ㅈ 획추가	* #
ㅎ	o 획추가	0 #
ㄲ	ㄱㄱ	11
ㄸ	ㄷㄷ	44
ㅃ	ㅂㅂ	77
ㅆ	ㅅㅅ	88
ㅉ	ㅈㅈ	**
ㅏ	ㅏ	3
ㅐ	ㅏㅣ	3 9
ㅑ	ㅏ 획추가	3 #
ㅒ	ㅏ 획추가 ㅣ	3 # 9
ㅓ	ㅓ	33
ㅔ	ㅓㅣ	33 9
ㅕ	ㅓ 획추가	33 #
ㅖ	ㅓ 획추가 ㅣ	33 # 9
ㅗ	ㅗ	6
ㅘ	ㅗㅏ	6 3
ㅙ	ㅗㅏㅣ	6 3 9
ㅚ	ㅗㅣ	6 9
ㅛ	ㅗ 획추가	6 #
ㅜ	ㅜ	66
ㅝ	ㅜㅓ	66 33
ㅠ	ㅜ 획추가	66 #
ㅡ	ㅡ	99
ㅢ	ㅡㅣ	99 9
ㅣ	ㅣ	9

Practice

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See Also

• Internet and text messaging
• How to type in Korean