This paper presents a vertex-detecting of Hanguel patterns using nested contour shape. Inputed binary character patterns are transformed by distance transformation method and make a new file of transferred data by analysis of charactersitcs. A new vertex-detecting algorithm for recognizing Hanguel patterns using the two data files is proposed. This algorithm is able to reduce the projecting parts of Hanguel pattern, separate the connecting parts between different strokes, set the code number by transformed value of coorked features. It makes the output of results in order to apply the Hanguel recognition.