My German professor: How do you say, “My friend cannot cut hair?”

Me: Meine Freundin kannst nicht Haare schlafen. (”My friend cannot sleep hair”)

Professor:

Me: *manages to ace German oral midterm without slipping into Japanese or any other languages for once*

Guy next to me: *has polyglot schizo meltdown and answers in German/French/Spanish word salad*

Me and our polyglot instructor:

Everyone else with a langblr/studyblr seems to have beautiful bullet journals, cute little modern laptops, clean and cute study areas, prop coffee, 5000 pink gel pens, highlighters. Everything is organized, color-coded, and matching.

What I have: An ancient 18-inch immovable laptop covered in anime stickers and connected to gaming peripherals, a desk covered in pizza boxes and lipstick, Sharpies so I can write study notes on my arm with one hand while smoking with the other because I don’t seem to be able to keep paper in the house, and piles of empty Stacker 3 containers instead of coffee. Instead of an organizer, I have about 14 crumpled 7-11 receipts in my jacket pocket that have notes in various languages saying things like, “Do homework someday,” and “Get TP,” and “April 30 is Vicodin Pickup Day! Yay!” I just spent 4 months terrified that I’d get multi-page homework assignments because I didn’t have a fucking stapler.

I don’t know how you guys do it.

部 - 부 - 떼 부

Division / Part

Example in main pic:

大部分 - 대부분 - Most

分 - 분 - 나눌 분

Division / Part / Minute

Example in main pic:

分-분 - Minute

多 - 다 - 많을 다

Many / Most / All

Example in main pic:

多樣 - 다양 - Variety / Diversity

數 - 수 - 셀 수

Number

Example in main pic:

多數 - 다수 - Majority

全 - 전 - 온전할 전

Whole / all

Example in main pic:

全部 - 전부 - All parts

Source :https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-17/

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(you can ignore this. Here’s your ignore-this permission-slip. Don’t drop it)

So… Hello. I usually don’t comment on these because they feel big enough already, but whatever. I’m clearly trying out different ways of visualizing things so I hope you don’t mind the inconsistencies. Feel free to tell me if there’s a style you prefer (and why it’s better for your learning?), but you’re not my boss so no promises. No promises to my boss either for that matter.

Anyway, I’m also making a couple pics here and there kind of Black Lives Matter-y and you can’t stop me, but it does mean that I don’t necessarily use the most recognizible words for the Hanja? (Like for 수 the most obvious one is obviously “math - 수학”) You’re just gonna have to live with that.

Also I really appreciate likes and reblogs? It’s pretty motivating, but I’m not your boss either so just do your thing.

(this is why I don’t comment things here. I ramble. Stay safe out there. Bye)

時

Meaning - Time

Korean syllable - 시

Korean name - 때 시

期

Meaning - Time, period

Korean syllable - 기

Korean name - 말날 기

間

Meaning - Space, Interval, Between

Korean syllable - 간

Korean name - 사이 간

(also used as a grammatical principle (amongst/between options/actions) and in words like 人問 (인간) meaning “human” which isn’t really related to time or space)

同

Meaning - Same

Korean syllable - 동

Korean name - 한가지 동

(동성애자 isn’t one of the examples in the lesson, but I couldn’t help myself)

(also for 共同體 (공동체 - community) I used some fanart from the TV show Community. I usually try not to use references/pop-culture, but I was bored, ok?)

百

Meaning - 100, everything, total

Korean syllable - 백

Korean name - 일백 백

Source :https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-16/

Hanja Lesson 16: 時, 期, 間, 同, 百

場

Meaning - Place / Location

Korean syllable - 장

Korean name - 마당 장

室

Meaning - Room

Korean syllable - 실

Korean name - 집 실

食

Meaning - Food

Korean syllable - 식

Korean name - 밥 식

地

Meaning - Land / Earth

Korean syllable - 지

Korean name - 땅 지

方

Meaning - Area / Region / Side

Korean syllable - 방

Korean name - 모 방

Source:https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-15/

Hanja Lesson 15: 場, 室, 食, 地, 方

公

Meaning - Public / Shared / Equal

Korean syllable - 공

Korean name - 공평할 공

Examples

公園 - 공원 - Public park

主人公 - 주인공 - Hero, Leading role in a story

公主 - 공주 - Princess

市

Meaning - City

Korean syllable - 시

Korean name - 저자 시

Examples

市民 - 시민 - Citizen

市內 - 시내 - Downtown

者市 - 도시 - City

區

Meaning - District / Division

Korean syllable - 구

Korean name - 지경 구

Examples

區民 - 구민 - Inhabitants of a district

區域 - 구역 - Area / District

龍山區 - 용산구 - Yongsan-gu / Yongsan district. One of the 25 districts in Seoul. (pictured)

洞

Meaning - Neighborhood

Korean syllable - 동

Korean name - 골 동

Examples

洞內 - 동내 - Inside a neighborhood

洞口 - 동구 - The entrance to a neighborhood

梨泰院洞 - 이태원동 - Itaewon-dong / Itaewon neighborhood. A neighborhood in Yongsan-gu. (pictured)

合

Meaning - Combine / Unite

Korean syllable - 합

Korean name - 합할 합

Examples

統合 - 통합 - Integration

團合 - 단합 - Unity, Solidarity

合意 - 합의 - Agreement

Source :https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-14/

Hanja Lesson 14: 公, 市, 區, 洞, 合

師

Meaning - Teacher (profession)

Korean syllable - 사

Korean name - 스승 사

Examples

看護師 - 간호사 - Nurrse

敎師 - 교사 - Teacher, professor

醫師 - 의사 - Doctor

Source :https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-13/

Hanja Lesson 13: 學, 生, 校, 先, 師

先

Meaning - First

Korean syllable - 선

Korean name - 먼저 선

Examples

先生님 - 선생님 - Teacher (님 doesn’t have Hanja)

先着順 - 선착순 - First come first served / order of arrival

優先 - 우선 - First, above all, preference, special treatment

Source:https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-13/

Hanja Lesson 13: 學, 生, 校, 先, 師

校

Meaning - School

Korean syllable - 교

Korean name - 학교 교

Examples

女學校 - 여학교 - Girls school

校內 - 교내 - Inside a school

母校 - 모교 - One’s old school / Alma mater

Source :https://www.howtostudykorean.com/hanja-unit-1-lessons-1-20/hanja-lesson-13/

Hanja Lesson 13: 學, 生, 校, 先, 師

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/

Hanja Lesson 13: 學, 生, 校, 先, 師

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/

Hanja Lesson 13: 學, 生, 校, 先, 師

지진 - Earthquake

진지 - Rice/meal (polite)

장터 - A traditional market

하계 올림픽 - Summer Olympics (하계 - The summer season)

동계 올림픽 - Winter Olympics (동계 - The winter season)

지지난주 - The week before last (last last week)

다다음주 - The week after next (next next week) (I didn’t really know how to visualize these, sorry)

장화 - Boots, rain boots

눈 오는 날 - Snow day, a day where it snows (눈 - Snow, 오다 - To come, ~는 - Makes 오다 a noun, 날 - Day)

울 - Wool

중간고사 - Midterm exam (중간 - Middle, 고사 - An examination, test)

가면 - A mask (disguise)

매다 - To tie, knot

구토 - Vomiting

허리띠 - A belt, waistband

빼다 - To remove

남색 - Navy blue, dark blue (also sodomy apparently?)

치통 - Toothache

복통 - Stomachache

조율하다 - To tune (a piano)

기쁨 - Pleasure, delight, joy. Noun form of 기쁘다 - To be happy

공포 - Fear

비서 - Secretary

아나운서 - Announcer, newscaster

경호원 - Guard, bodyguard

카메라맨 - Cameraman

재봉사 - Tailor

색소 결핍 - Albino

겁나다 - To be/get scared

청바지 - Jeans

바텐더 - Bartender

스웨터 - Sweater

사업가 - Businessman (removed picture after correction by @chrissy-notes. Picture said 사업기)

은행원 - Bank clerk

고용주 - Employer

동업자 - Business partner

회계사 - Accountant

노동자 - Worker, labourer

(Sorry if I’ve posted these already. My files got mixed up)

멜론 - Melon

올리브 - An olive

파파야 - Papaya

감 - A persimmon

자두 - A plum

검은 베리 - Black currant (but I’ve also seen it used for blackberries and blueberries)

대추 - A jujube, a (Chinese) date

구스베리 - Gooseberry

구아바 - Guava