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Hello! It’s been some time since I last posted and I’m sorry about that 🥴 but I just wanted to say that I recently started learning Swedish! So I may also post some vocabulary lists in Swedish as well ☺️

띠 = Sign

쥐띠 = Year of the Rat

소띠 = Year of the Ox

호랑이띠 = Year of the Tiger

토끼띠 = Year of the Rabbit

용띠 = Year of the Dragon

뱀띠 = Year of the Snake

말띠 = Year of the Horse

양띠 = Year of the Sheep

원숭이띠 = Year of the Monkey

닭띠 = Year of the Chicken

개띠 = Year of the Dog

되지띠 = Year of the Pig

Examples Sentences

띠는 뭐예요? = What is your sign?

별자리 = Constellation/Sign

점성술 = Astrology

(별자리) 운세 = Horoscope

양자리 = Aries ♈️

황소자리 = Taurus ♉️

쌍둥이자리 = Gemini ♊️

게자리 = Cancer ♋️

사자자리 = Leo ♌️

처녀자리 = Virgo ♍️

천칭자리 = Libra ♎️

전갈가리 = Scorpio ♏️

사수자리 = Sagittarius ♐️

염소자리 = Capricorn ♑️

물병자리 = Aquarius ♒️

물고기자리 = Pisces ♓️

Example Sentences

별자리는 뭐예요? = What is your sign?

아프리카 = Africa

북아프리카 = North Africa

동아프리카 = East Africa

서아프리카 = West Africa

중앙아프리카 = Central Africa

남아프리카 = Southern Africa

알제리 = Algeria 🇩🇿

앙골라 = Angola 🇦🇴

베냉 = Benin 🇧🇯

보츠와나 = Botswana 🇧🇼

부르키나파소 = Burkina Faso 🇧🇫

부룬디 = Burundi 🇧🇮

카나리아 제도 = Canary Islands 🇮🇨

카메룬 = Cameroon 🇨🇲

카보베르데 = Cape Verde 🇨🇻

중앙아프리카 공화국 = Central African Republic 🇨🇫

코모로 = Comoros 🇰🇲

세우타 = Ceuta 🇪🇦

차드 = Chad 🇹🇩

콩고 민주 공화국 = Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩

지부티 = Djibouti 🇩🇯

이집트 = Egypt 🇪🇬

에리트레아 = Eritrea 🇪🇷

에스와티니 = Eswatini 🇸🇿

에티오피아 = Ethiopia 🇪🇹

적도 기니 = Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶

프랑스령 남방 및 남극 지역 = French Southern Territories 🇹🇫

가봉 = Gabon 🇬🇦

감비아 = Gambia 🇬🇲

가나 = Ghana 🇬🇭

기니 = Guinea 🇬🇳

기니비사우 = Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼

코트디부아르 = Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

케냐 = Kenya 🇰🇪

레소토 = Lesotho 🇱🇸

라이베리아 = Liberia 🇱🇷

리비아 = Libya 🇱🇾

마다가스카르 = Madagascar 🇲🇬

마데이라 제도 = Madeira 🇵🇹

말라위 = Malawi 🇲🇼

말리 = Mali 🇲🇱

모리타니아 = Mauritania 🇲🇷

모리셔스 = Mauritius 🇲🇺

마요트 = Mayotte 🇾🇹

멜리야 = Melilla 🇪🇦

모로코 = Morocco 🇲🇦

모잠비크 = Mozambique 🇲🇿

나미비아 = Namibia 🇳🇦

니제르 = Niger 🇳🇪

나이지리아 = Nigeria 🇳🇬

콩고 공화국 = Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬

레위니옹 = Réunion 🇷🇪

르완다 = Rwanda 🇷🇼

세인트헬레나 = Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 🇸🇭

상투메 프린시페 = São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹

세네갈 = Senegal 🇸🇳

세이셸 = Seychelles 🇸🇨

시에라리온 = Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

소말리아 = Somalia 🇸🇴

소말릴란드 = Somaliland

납아프리카 공화국 = South Africa 🇿🇦

남수단 = South Sudan 🇸🇸

수단 = Sudan 🇸🇩

탄자니아 = Tanzania 🇹🇿

토고 = Togo 🇹🇬

튀니지 = Tunisia 🇹🇳

우간다 = Uganda 🇺🇬

서사하라 = Western Sahara 🇪🇭

잠비아 = Zambia 🇿🇲

Today I woke up to find that my post about weather-related vocabulary has been doing very well and that I finally reached 100 followers ☺️☺️ Thank you so much for you support! Updating this blog with new vocabulary lists is something I enjoy doing a lot so please expect even more posts in the future!

NOUNS

기후 = Climate

구름 = Cloud ☁️

가뭄 = Drought

안개 = Fog 🌫

산불 = Forest Fire 🔥

우박 = Hail 🌨

번개 = Lightning ⚡️

비 = Rain 🌧

무지개 = Rainbow 🌈

빗방울 = Raindrop 💧

하늘 = Sky

눈 = Snow 🌨

눈꽃 = Snowflake ❄️

폭풍 = Storm ⛈

태양/해 = Sun ☀️

천둥 = Thunder 🌩

뇌우 = Thunderstorm ⛈

토네이도 = Tornado 🌪

태풍 = Typhoon 🌪

우산 = Umbrella ☂️

날씨 = Weather

일기 예보 = Weather Forecast

바람 = Wind 💨

ADJECTIVES

밝다 = to be bright

쌀쌀하다 = to be chilly

맑다 = to be clear

흐리다 = to be cloudy

춥다 = to be cold

어둡다 = to be dark

건조하다 = to be dry

덥다 = to be hot

습하다 = to be humid

따뜻하다 = to be warm

VERBS

오다 = (lit.) to come

비가 오다 = to rain

눈이 오다 = to snow

내리다 = (lit.) to go/come down

비가 내리다 = to rain

눈이 내리다 = to snow

불다 = (lit.) to blow

바람이 불다 = (for the wind) to blow

치다 = (lit.) to hit

천둥이 치다 = to be thundering

걷히다 = to clear

안개가 걷히다 = for the fog to lift

교통수단 = Means of transportation

NOUNS

비행기 = Airplane ✈️

구급차 = Ambulance 🚑

기구 = Balloon

자전거 = Bicycle 🚲

배/보트 = Boat ⛵️

버스 = Bus 🚌

(자동)차 = Car 🚗

소방차 = Firetruck 🚒

비행접시 = Flying saucer 🛸

헬리콥터 = Helicopter 🚁

말 = Horse 🐎

킥 스쿠터 = Kick scooter 🛴

기관차 = Locomotive 🚂

모터사이클 = Motorcycle 🏍

전동 휠체어 = Motorized wheelchair 🦼

경찰차 = Police car 🚓

스쿠터 = Scooter 🛵

배 = Ship 🛳

우주선 = Spaceship 🚀

잠수함 = Submarine

지하철 = Subway 🚇

택시 = Taxi 🚕

트랙터 = Tractor 🚜

기차 = Train 🚂

트럭 = Truck 🚛

미확인비행체 = UFO

승합차/밴 = Van 🚐

휠체어 = Wheelchair 🦽

VERBS

타다 = to ride/take (a vehicle)

버스를 타다 = To take a bus

내리다 = to get out/off (from a vehicle)

차에서 내리다 = To get out of/off a car

갈아타다 = to transfer/change

버스에서 지하철로 갈아타다 = To transfer from a bus to a subway

운전하다 = to drive

트럭을 운전하다 = To drive a truck

조종하다 = to pilot

비행기를 조종하다 = to pilot/fly an airplane

달의 위상 or 월상 = Moon Phase

달 or 월(月) = Moon

When talking about the moon itself, use 달.

초승달 = Waxing Crescent 🌒

상현달 = First Quarter 🌓

차가는 달 = Waxing Gibbous 🌔

보름달 = Full Moon 🌕

기울어가는 달 = Waning Gibbous 🌖

하현달 = Third Quarter 🌗

그믐달 = Waning Crescent 🌘

The Korean family tree is a lot more complicated than the one commonly used in western societies. Since the gender of who is speaking also plays a role, to simplify this post I will be marking the ones used by men in blue and the ones used by women in pink. To my knowledge, there is no gender-neutral equivalent to the words that change depending on your gender. Words that have a more formal feeling will be in bold. Also, words that depend on age will be specified.

가족 = Family

대가족 = Extended Family

친가 or 부계 = Paternal family

외가 or 모계 = Maternal family

부모 = Parents

아빠 or 아버지 = Dad/Father

엄마 or 어머니 = Mom/Mother

형제자매 = Siblings

오빠 = Older brother

언니 = Older sister

형 = Older brother

누나 = Older sister

남동생 = Younger brother

여동생 = Younger sister

형제 = Brothers

자매 = Sisters

조부모 = Grandparents

할아버지 or 할아버님 = Grandpa/Grandfather

할머니 or 할머님 = Grandma/Grandmother

(When talking about your maternal grandparents to someone else, you can differentiate them from your paternal ones by adding 외 to the word: 외할아버지, 외할머니)

Maternal Uncles and Aunts

이모 = Aunt (mom’s sister)

이모부 = Uncle (mom’s sister’s husband)

외삼촌 = Uncle (mom’s brother)

외숙모 = Aunt (mom’s brother’s wife)

Paternal Uncles and Aunts

고모 = Aunt (dad’s sister)

고모부 = Uncle (dad’s sister’s husband)

삼촌 = Uncle (dad’s unmarried younger brother)

작은아빠 or 작은아버지 = Uncle (dad’s married younger brother)

작은엄마 or 작은어머니 = Aunt (dad’s younger brother’s wife)

큰아빠 or 큰아버지 = Uncle (dad’s older brother)

큰엄마 or 큰어머니 = Aunt (dad’s older brother’s wife)

대가족 = Extended Family

사촌 = Cousin

조카 = Nephew

조카딸 = Niece

배우자 = Spouses

남편 = Husband

아내 = Wife

자녀 = Children

아들 = Son

딸 = Daughter

아이 = Child

손주 = Grandchildren

손자 = Grandson

손녀 = Granddaughter

Siblings’ spouses

형수 = Older brother’s wife

매형 = Older sister’s husband

제수씨 = Younger brother’s wife

매제 = Younger sister’s husband

새언니 = Older brother’s wife

형부 = Older sister’s husband

올케 = Younger brother’s wife

제부 = Younger sister’s husband

On this post, I’ll introduce 20 more 한자. If you haven’t seen the first part of this post, make sure to check it out as well!

星

Pronunciation: 성

Meaning: star

Examples: 행星 (planet), 위星 (satellite), 토星 (Saturn)

韓

Pronunciation: 한

Meaning: Korea

Examples: 韓국 (Korea), 韓식 (Korean gastronomy)

力

Pronunciation: 역/력

Meaning: power, strenght

Examples: 능力 (ability), 실力 (skill), 압力 (pressure)

面

Pronunciation: 면

Meaning: surface, side

Examples: 화面 (screen), 장面 (scene), 가面 （mask)

教

Pronunciation: 교

Meaning: teaching

Examples: 教실 (classroom), 教회 (church), 教육 (education)

神

Pronunciation: 신

Meaning: god, divine

Examples: 神화 (mythology）, 귀神 (ghost), 여神 (goddess)

山

Pronunciation: 산

Meaning: mountain

Examples: 山맥 (mountain chain), 화山 (volcano), 山불 (forest fire)

音

Pronunciation: 음

Meaning: sound

Examples: 音악 (music), 音표 (musical note), 발音 (pronunciation)

王

Pronunciation: 왕

Meaning: king

Examples: 여王 (queen), 王국 (kingdom), 王자 (prince)

食

Pronunciation: 식

Meaning: food

Examples: 음食 (food), 야食 (midnight snack), 중食 (Chinese culinary)

酒

Pronunciation: 주

Meaning: alcoholic drink

Examples: 소酒 (soju), 맥酒 (beer), 음酒 (drinking)

室

Pronunciation: 실

Meaning: room

Examples: 대기室 (waiting room), 화장室 (bathroom), 미용室 (beauty salon)

能

Pronunciation: 능

Meaning: capability, ability

Examples: 재能 (talent), 가能성 (possibility), 성能 (performance)

子

Pronunciation: 자

Meaning: child, person

Examples: 원子 (atom), 의子 (chair), 子궁 (uterus)

字

Pronunciation: 자

Meaning: word, character

Examples: 숫字 (number), 한字 (chineses character), 글字 (letter)

體

Pronunciation: 체

Meaning: body, body part, form

Examples: 사體 (dead body), 액體 (liquid), 간體자 (simplified chinese characters)

話

Pronunciation: 화

Meaning: talk, speech, word

Examples: 수話 (sign language), 대話 (conversation), 전話 (telephone)

法

Pronunciation: 법

Meaning: law

Examples: 헌法 (constituition), 마法 (magic), 불法 (illegality)

不

Pronunciation: 불/부

Meaning: negation

Examples: 不안 (anxiety), 不만 (complaint), 不균형 (imbalance)

外

Pronunciation: 외

Meaning: exterior, out

I just wanted to say that I’m no longer going to provide Portuguese translations on my vocabulary lists. The reason for that is because I noticed that very few of my followers actually speak Portuguese and those who do also speak English, and also because I think it’ll make my posts’ aesthetics look cleaner.

Hanja (한자) is how chinese characters are called in Korean. For a really long time, Korean was mostly or completely written using 한자 and more than half of the words of the Korean language are of chinese origin, thus, have a 한자 equivalent. While not mandatory, I do believe that learning the most basic 한자 can make learning Korean easier, that’s why I decided to make this post. Note that Korea didn’t change from traditional characters to simplified ones! So I’ll be using their traditional forms.

國

Pronunciantion: 국

Meaning: country

Examples: 한國 (Korea), 미國 (USA)

日

Pronunciation: 일

Meaning: day, sun

Example: 1日 (1st day of the month)

月

Pronunciation: 월

Meaning: month, moon

Example: 3月 (March), 7月 (July)

中

Pronunciation: 중

Meaning: center, middle, China

Examples: 中국 (China), 中심 (center), 中간 (medium)

花

Pronunciation: 화

Meaning: flower

Example: 국花 (crysanthemum), 무궁花 （rose of sharon)

愛

Pronunciation: 애

Meaning: love

Example: 동성愛 (homosexuality)

天

Pronunciation: 천

Meaning: sky

Examples: 天국 (paradise), 天사 (angel), 天왕성 (Uranus)

語

Pronunciation: 어

Language: language

Examples: 한국語 （Korean), 단語 (word), 유의語 (synonim)

雨

Pronunciation: 우

Meaning: rain

Examples: 雨림 (rainforest), 雨수 (rainwater)

魚

Pronunciation: 어

Meaning: fish

Examples: 문魚 （octopus), 상魚 (shark), 인魚 (mermaid)

生

Pronunciation: 생

Meaning: life, person

Examples: 인生 （life), 전生 (past life), 生방송 (live broadcast)

學

Pronunciation: 학

Meaning: study, learn, school

Examples: 學생 (student）, 學교 (school), 學자 (scholar)

人

Pronunciation: 인

Meaning: person

Examples: 人형 (doll), 노人 (old person), 살人 (murder)

男

Pronunciation: 남

Meaning: man

Examples: 男자 (man), 男동생 （younger brother), 男성 (male）

女

Pronunciation: 녀/여

Meaning: woman

Examples: 女자 (woman), 女동생 (younger sister), 女성 （female）

水

Pronunciation: 수

Meaning: water

Examples: 水영장 (pool）, 호水 （lake), 향水 (perfume)

火

Pronunciation: 화

Meaning: fire

Examples: 火산 (volcano), 火성 (Mars), 火상 (burn)

電

Pronunciation: 전

Meaning: electricity

Examples: 電화 (telephone), 電력 (electricity/power)

風

Pronunciation: 풍

Meaning: wind

Examples: 태風 (typhoon), 風수 (feng shui), 계절風 (Monsoon)

動

Pronunciation: 동

Meaning: movement

Examples: 운動 (exercise), 動물 (animal), 動작 (movement）

大

Pronunciation: 대

Meaning: big

Examples: 大양 (ocean）, 大통령 (president), 大학교 (college)

小

Pronunciation: 소

Meaning: small

Examples: 小수 (minority), 혈小판 (platelet)

色

Pronunciation: 색

Meaning: color

Examples: 빨간色 (red), 무色 (colorless), 염色체 (chromosome)

(and a little bit of physics)

화학 = Chemistry

물리학 = Physics

과학 = Science

원자 = Atom

원자핵 = Atomic Nucleus

양성자 = Proton

중성자 = Neutron

전자 = Electron

이온 = Ion

양이온 = Cation

음이온 = Anion

분자 = Molecule

원소 = Element

화학 반응 = Chemical Reaction

화학 결합 = Chemical Bond

공유 결합 = Covalent Bond

이온 결합 = Ionic Bonding

금속 결합 = Metallic Bonding

주기율표 = Periodic Table

악티늄족 = Actnide

알칼리 금속 = Alkali metal

알칼리 토금속 = Alkaline earth metal

란타넘족 = Lanthanide

전이후 금속 = Post-transition metal

전이 금속 = Transition Metal

준금속 = Metalloid

비금속 = Non-metal

비활성 기체 = Noble gas

물질의 상태 = State of matter

고체 = Solid

액체 = Liquid

기체 = Gas

플라스마 = Plasma

융해 = Melting

응고 = Freezing

기화 = Vaporization

액화 = Condensation

증착 = Deposition

승화 = Sublimation

이온화 = Ionization

탈이온화 = Recombination

수소 이온 농도 지수 / pH = pH

산 = Acid

염기 = Base

온도 = Temperature

압력 = Pressure

계절 = Season

사계절 = Four Seasons

여름 = Summer

가을 = Autumn

겨울 = Winter

문법 = Grammar

명사 = Noun

대명사 = Pronoun

부정대명사 = Indefinite Pronoun

인칭대명사 = Personal Pronoun

소유 대명사 = Possessive Pronoun

재귀대명사 = Reflexive Pronoun

지시 대명사 = Demonstrative Pronoun

분류사 = Counter Noun

관형사 = Prenoun

수사 = Numeral

서수 = Ordinal

동사 = Verb

타동사 = Transitive Verb

자동사 = Intransitive Verb

형용사 = Adjective

부사 = Adverb

부사적 어구 = Adverbial

감탄사 = Interjection

의성어 = Onomatopoeia

주어 = Subject

조사 = Particle

목적어 = Object

자음 = Consonant

쌍자음 = Double Consonant