#hanja vocab
生
Meaning - Life / Birth
Korean syllable - 생
Korean name - 날 생
Examples
生日 - 생일 - Birthday
一生 - 일생 - One’s entire life
新入生 - 신입생 - Freshman
Source :https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-13/
學
Meaning - Learn / School
Korean syllable - 학
Korean name - 배울 학
Examples
學生 - 학생 - Student
學校 - 학교 - School
入學 - 입학 - To enter a school, school admission
Source :https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-13/
character story:
When you take a grain ‘ of rice from the heavy 禾 화 rice seedling, it will spring back to shape and you will have 米 미 rice to eat.
This is a radical.
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*can add 하다 to make a verb form
Vocab:
米色 미색 pale yellow
白米 백미 white rice
一般米 일반미 normal rice
政府米 정부미 state held rice
玄米 현미 brown rice
character story:
This character simply mimics the shape of a heavy headed rice seedling, as seen in the picture above! When the rice would start growing, the poor stem would droop (unlike the rice being feasted upon in harvest moon…)
This is a radical.
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character story:
Tobury something properly, you need to dig up as much 土 토 earth as the 里 리 village is tall.
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Vocab
埋立 매립* land reclamation (sea) ; landfill
埋葬 매장* entomb burial
埋藏 매장* be buried under
埋築 매축* land reclamation (from water)
*can add 하다 to make a verb form
character story:
You take off your 衣 의 clothes only safely insideyour 里 리 village.
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Vocab:
腦裏 뇌리 inside one’s head
裏面 이면 reverse side; inner truth
裏門 이문 back or side gate
表裏 표리 both sides; duplicity
*can add 하다 to make a verb form
character story:
The 王왕 king manages the 里리 village with reasoningandorder.
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vocab:
理,致 이치 good reason, principle
一理 일리 some reason, truth
理由 이유 cause; reason
原理 원리 (underlying) principle
理論 이론 understanding
合理的 합리적 theory
推理 추리* reasoning; inference
無理 무리* overwork; unreasonable
理性 이성 reasoning power
窮理 궁리* deliberation
心理 심리 psychology
生理 생리 physiology
論理 논리 logic
理念 이념 ideology
理想 이상 an ideal
眞理 진리 truth
道理 도리 duty; propriety
義理 의리 sense of duty; loyalty
非理 비리 wrongdoings
地理 지리 geography
攝理 섭리 providence
管理 관리* administration management
處理 처리* management handling
整理 정리* arrangement settlement
國務總理 국무총리 prime minister
理 리 reasoning, principle manage order
理事 이사 director
代理 대리 proxy
經理 경리 accounting
修理* 수리* repairs remodel
料理* 요리* cooking
理 理髮 이발* haircut hairdressing
*can add 하다 to make a verb form
character story:
Thevillage is made from 田전 fields cultivated on the 土토 earth.
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Vocab:
里 리 distance measure ; village
千里萬里 천리만리 a long distance
character story:
The king’s 林 림 forest can only be 示 시 seen, it is forbidden to enter.
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Vocab:
禁 금 prohibit
禁,忌 금기 taboo
禁,物 금물 prohibited item
禁,煙 금연* prohibition against smoking
禁,慾 금욕* ascetic; celibate; abstinence
禁,酒 금주* abstinence from alcohol
禁,止 금지* prohibition
禁 금하다 to forbid
禁 嚴 엄금* strict prohibition
通 禁 통금 curfew
*can add 하다 to make verb
character story:
Where many 木 목 trees are gathered, we call it a forest!
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Vocab:
林 림 forest
林山 산림 forest
林野 임야 woods and fields, forests and fields, forest land
character story:
To cut 麻 마 hemp (a very strong fiber), you need a 石 석 stone in order to wear it out.
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Vocab:
硏磨 연마* grinding polishing drilling practice abrasion
磨滅 마멸* abrasion wear and tear
character story:
This plant grows like a 林 림 forest even in your 广 엄 home….
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Vocab:
麻 마 hemp; anesthetic
大麻草 대마초 hemp; marijuana
麻 痲藥 마약 drug
麻 痲醉 마취 anesthesia
character story:
未 미 still not a 女 여 woman, but a younger sibling or acquaintance.
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Vocab:
妹 매 younger sister
妹,夫 매부 one’s sister’s husband; one’s brother-in-law
妹,男 남매 brother and sister ; one’s sons and daughters
妹,弟 매제 one’s younger sister’s husband, one’s younger brother-in-law
Character Story:
A long branch 一 marks the endof the 木 목 tree.
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Vocabulary:
年末 연말 end of the year
year x end
月末 월말 end of the month
month x end
週末 주말 weekend
week x end
期末 기말 end of semester
term x end
終末 종말 the end (of the world)
finish x end
末世 말세 the end of the world; corrupt world
end x world
末期 말기 the last period
end x term
末日 말일 the last day (of a certain period)
end x day
이달말일 the last day of the month
結末 결말 conclusion tie x end
결말을 내다 to bring to a conclusion
결말이 나다 to come to a conclusion
末端社員 말단사원 minor clerk
end x tip x company x employee
粉末 분말 powder
powder x end
綠末 녹말 starch
green x end
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
Character Story:
This 木 목 tree has a small 一 branch that hasn’t quite grown yet.
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Vocabulary:
未來 미래 future not quite x come
未定이다 미정이다 to be undecided
not quite x decide
未婚 미혼 unmarried
not quite x marriage
未成年 미성년 under age
not quite x adult x age
未熟하다 미숙하다 to be inexperienced
not quite x experienced
未完成* 미완성* beng unfinished
not quite x completion
未開하다 미개하다 to be uncivilized
not quite x open
未洽하다 미흡하다 to be insufficient
not quite x sufficient
未達* 미달* shortage
not quite x achieve
未滿 미만 under; less than (does not include the number)
not quite x full
未知數 미지수 unknown quantity
not quite x know x number
未審쩍다 미심쩍다 to be questionable; dubious
not quite x judge
未安하다 미안하다 to be sorry
not quite x peaceful
未練 미련 lingering attachment not
quite x practice
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
Character Story:
In your 广 house, you have 木 목 wooden furniture like a table or bench.
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Vocabulary:
밥床 밥상 eating table
food (K) x table
冊床 책상 desk
book x table
책상다리* sitting cross-legged desk x legs (K)
걸床 걸상 chair; stool
溫床 온상 greenhouse; hotbed
warm x table
起床* 기상* rising from bed
rise x table
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
Character Story:
A 人 인 person restsunder a 木 목 tree.
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Vocabulary:
休息* 휴식* break
rest x rest
休養* 휴양* recuperation
rest x care
휴양지 rest area
休憩所 휴게소 rest stop
rest x rest x place
休憩室 휴게실 lounge
rest x rest x room
休暇 휴가 time off (from work)
rest x leisure
休日 휴일 holiday
rest x day
連休 연휴 long weekend
connected x rest
休校* 휴교* (temporary) closure of a school
rest x school
休學* 휴학* leave of absence
rest x study
休講* 휴강* skipping a lecture (professor does not hold lecture)
rest x lecture
休職* 휴직* leave of absence (work)
rest x office
休業* 휴업* (temporary) business closure
rest x business
금일휴업 closed for the day
임시휴업 temporarily closed
休戰* 휴전* armistice
rest x war
休紙 휴지 toilet paper
rest x paper
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
Character Story:
吏 리 manage a 人 인 person or employ them.
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Vocabulary:
使用* 사용* make use
employ x use
驅使* 구사* command (of language)
drive x employ
使命 사명 mission
employ x command
酷使* 혹사* slave-driving
severe x employ
設使 설사 granted that
establish x employ
天使 천사 angel
god x messenger
大使館 대사관 embassy
great x messenger x building
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
Character Story:
In the 中 middle of history,人 people are the principal actors.
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Vocabulary:
歷史 역사 history
pass x history
世界史 세계사 world history
world x history
史上 사상 in history
history x above
사상최대 the greatest in history
有史以來 유사이래 since the dawn of history
exist x history x ever x since
史劇 사극 historical drama
history x drama
女史 여사 Mrs., madame
female x history
Character Story:
This looks a bit like being stabbed by a kebab skewer through the 心 심 heart, which would cause you great suffering. (Sometimes these stories are not so poetic ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ)
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Vocabulary:
病患 병환 sickness (hon)
sickness x suffering
疾患 질환 disease
ailment x suffering
患者 환자 (hospital) patient
suffering x person
患部 환부 affected part (of the body)
suffering x part
後患 후환 future trouble; bad consequences
later x trouble
후환을 두려워하다 to fear future troubles
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
Character Story:
Trueloyaltyis in the 中 중 middle of your 心 심 heart.
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Vocabulary:
忠誠* 충성* loyalty; devotion
loyal x sincerity
과잉충성* 과잉충성*
excessive loyalty
忠臣 충신 loyal subject
loyal x subject
忠實하다 충실하다 to be faithful
loyal x genuine
忠告* 충고* advice
loyal x tell
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
Character Story:
Compared with the large 田 전 field, 糹사 silken thread is delicate.
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Vocabulary:
細密하다 세밀하다 to be minute; to be detailed
minute x intimate
仔細하다 자세하다 to be detailed
tiny x minute
詳細하다 상세하다 to be detailed
detail x minute
細菌 세균 germ; microbe
minute x germ
細胞 세포 cell
minute x placental
細心하다 세심하다 to be careful; to be prudent
minute x mind
*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.
