hangul-jamo

A library to compose and decompose Hangul syllables using Hangul jamo characters

Requirements

• Python 3+

Installation

pip install hangul-jamo

Usage

>>> import hangul_jamo
>>> print(hangul_jamo.decompose('Jonghwan님, 안녕하세요!'))
Jonghwanㄴㅣㅁ, ㅇㅏㄴㄴㅕㅇㅎㅏㅅㅔㅇㅛ!
>>> print(hangul_jamo.compose('Jonghwanㄴㅣㅁ, ㅇㅏㄴㄴㅕㅇㅎㅏㅅㅔㅇㅛ!'))
Jonghwan님, 안녕하세요!

API

hangul_jamo.is_syllable(syllable)

Checks whether syllable is a Hangul syllable or not. Returns the evaluation as bool

Parameter

• syllable: any character to check

hangul_jamo.is_jamo_character(character)

Checks whether character is a Hangul jamo character or not. Returns the evaluation as bool

Parameter

• character: any character to check

hangul_jamo.compose_jamo_characters(leading_consonant, vowel, trailing_consonant=None)

Composes a Hangul syllable using leading_consonant, vowel, and trailing_consonant. Returns the composed Hangul syllable.

Parameters

• leading_consonant: Hangul leading consonant as known as choseng
• vowel: Hangul vowel as known as jongseong
• trailing_consonant: Hangul trailing consonant as known as jungseong (optional)

hangul_jamo.decompose_syllable(syllable)

Decomposes given Hangul syllable into Hangul jamo characters. Returns the decomposed Hangul jamo characters as 3-tuple (leading consonant, vowel, trailing consonant). Returned trailing consonant can be None.

Parameter

• syllable: Hangul syllable to decompose

hangul_jamo.compose(text)

Composes Hangul jamo characters within text into Hangul syllables. Characters other than Hangul jamo are ignored. Returns the composed text.

Parameter

• text: text containing Hangul jamo characters

hangul_jamo.decompose(text)

Decomposes Hangul syllables within text into Hangul jamo characters. Characters other than Hangul syllable are ignored. Returns the decomposed text.

Parameter

• text: text containing Hangul syllables

Reference

• http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode8.0.0/ch03.pdf#G24646