Korean typing sprint

Korean typing practice that measures something real

Typing Korean is a separate skill from reading it. A learner can recognise every letter on a page and still type at eight characters a minute, because 한글 is composed rather than alphabetic: you type the jamo for each block and the IME assembles the syllable. Until that runs on autopilot, every sentence you read costs a small translation delay.

This sprint streams real sentences and scores you on characters per minute and accuracy. Sixty seconds, no setup, no account. The point is not the score — it is the gap between the sentences you recognise instantly and the ones you have to assemble block by block.

• Two-set (두벌식) and four-set (네벌식) layouts both work here; pick whichever your keyboard actually has.
• Learn the compound finals first (ㄳ, ㄵ, ㄶ …). They are the ones that break muscle memory.
• Shift is your friend: 대문자 and shifted jamo sit on the same key in both layouts.
• Aim for accuracy before speed. A 60% accurate fast run teaches you fast errors.