Hangul: The Sensory Script — An Integrative Semiotic Interpretation of Emotion, Sound, and Form
Hangul: The Sensory Script — An Integrative Semiotic Interpretation of Emotion, Sound, and Form On the Philosophical Origin of Hangul and Its Fusion of Visual, Auditory, and Emotional Structures by cocori (pre2w) This essay is based on the author’s intuitive and creative investigation into the philosophical and semiotic nature of Hangul. Preface: The Impulse to Write and the Logic of Creation Human beings perceive the world through an integration of various senses—sight, sound, and touch. Among these, visual perception and the emotional responses it evokes serve as fundamental mediators of experience. The effort to translate this multisensory awareness into sound, and further into written symbols, represents a major turning point in the evolution of human civilization. Hangul embodies this process with unparalleled clarity and intention. Its consonants were modeled after the shape of the human vocal tract, while the vowels express the cosmological philosophy of Cheon (heav...