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I'm trying to add a configuration to my multilingual setup on my ArchLinux desktop, but Korean doesn't seem to do anything, despite it being listed under setxkbmap.

How do I set it up similarly to other languages?

So far, what I've been doing is basically this:

# For US International:
setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl

# Or for just US:
setxkbmap us

Why doesn't this work:

setxkbmap kr

Am I missing a (Pacman/AUR) package?

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  • Since Korean is has more than 30ish elementary symbols, its common characters require more than one key stroke, so I think you need an input method. I'm not familiar with how that works. It might depend on your desktop environment. Commented Jan 8, 2024 at 22:13
  • The Korean keyboard layout is mappable on top of the typical ANSI one, they have their own alphabet, with a similar number of symbols, as you can see here. It's even very common for Koreans themselves to switch back and forth between their layout and Roman characters, as they also sometimes have to type stuff with those characters. Commented Jan 8, 2024 at 22:39
  • Korean characters denote syllables and are composed from multiple parts (3 sounds in most cases, I think). That's not an alphabet (it's a syllabary), and the relevant aspect is that each character requires multiple keystrokes, unlike alphabetic languages where most characters require a single keystroke. As far as I know, this requires extra client-side software, not just an XKB configuration. Commented Jan 9, 2024 at 8:36
  • Hangul is known typically as "the Korean alphabet", but Wikipedia also describes it as a "syllabic alphabet". But anyways, I don't care about terminology. As long as someone is able to help with setting up the Korean keyboard, it's fine. Commented Jan 9, 2024 at 11:05

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I think it doesn't work with setxkbmap because it's a different input method, instead of a layout. But I still don't have an explanation for why kr would be listed under setxkbmap then.

Anyway, setting up fctix — or another input method such as uim — works perfectly, and there's a GUI tool with it, with shortcuts configurations.

Even though these links are broken, let me leave some video tutorials that might help here:

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