@David_C said:Yes, Hangul is a phonetic script, but Korean also uses Hanja, which (like Kanji in Japanese) was imported from Chinese.
Since we’re being pedantic on TDWTF, your were the one who specifically said “Korean does the same, but with its own phonetic alphabet [my emphasis] instead of katakana/hiragana.” My reply therefore wasn’t about Chinese or Chinese-derived characters, but about the “native” Korean characters that can be typed directly using a keyboard with a realistic number of keys.
@David_C said:5 different Korean ones
Which, at first sight, seem to actually be three, two others being variations on them.