Hangul Typing Test 한글 타자
Sixty seconds, real Korean sentences, and a score in 타/분, the unit every Korean office and PC bang uses. Switch your keyboard to Korean (2-set / 두벌식) and start typing.
What the numbers mean
| 타/분 | Roughly |
|---|---|
| 100–200 | Learner. You are finding the keys. |
| 200–350 | Comfortable. Chatting on KakaoTalk without pain. |
| 350–500 | Korean office worker. Typical adult speed. |
| 500–700 | Fast. PC-bang veteran or someone who grew up on MSN. |
| 700+ | Show-off. Koreans will ask you to type in front of them. |
타 (ta) counts keystrokes, not letters. A syllable like 한 is three strokes (ㅎ, ㅏ, ㄴ), which is why Korean speeds look higher than English words-per-minute. We count strokes the way Korean typing programs do: one per jamo, with double consonants and compound vowels counting as two.
Getting faster
Consonants sit on the left of the keyboard, vowels on the right; your left hand does most of the work. Learn ㅐ (o) and ㅔ (p) positions early, they are the most common mistakes. Do not fight autocorrect on your phone: this test is for a real keyboard. Ten minutes a day on this page for two weeks moves most learners from the first row of the table to the second.
Juseyo teaches the sentences you need in a Korean café, clinic or phone shop.