This paper describes a method of Hangout recognition using 2 - D digital filtering. The 170 patterns classified by the positions of the initial sound (consonant), middle sound (vowel) and terminal sound (consonant) of the 1,659 characters were established and models formed by using 2 - D digital filtering for each patterns were obtained. Based on these models we proposed an algorithm that can recognize KOREAN combinational characters by separating patterns from them with superpostion principles. As a result of simulation, 100% of recognition rate is obtained in the case of the print letter.