Hanja Anki Data Flashcards
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大
Big
One of the most common Hanja characters that you will see in Korea. When ordering at
restaurants, you will often see this symbol.
on a menu to distinguish between the different sizes of dishes you can order. Also commonly
seen in stores/supermarkets to differentiate between different sizes of items.
대(spell)
S
小
Small
As with “大,” this character is very common in restaurants or stores to indicate the size of an
item. While common in these applications, most words that use this character are difficult.
소(sp)
中
Middle
Along with 大 and 小, you will find 中 in stores to indicate the size of an item.
The direct translation of “China” in Chinese is “middle country,” which explains why you
will see this character all over China and Chinese food restaurants.
중(s)
s
山
Mountain
You will see this character all the time on information signs directing people to various
mountains.
산(s)
s
門
Door
Many of the famous sightseeing attractions in Seoul are old “gates” (doors) around the city.
The names of these attractions/gates in Korea are usually “___ ___ 문.”
문(s)
S
入
Enter, Entrance
This is one of the characters that every Korean person is expected to know, as entrances in
Korea commonly use the Hanja version of this word instead of the Korean equivalent.
입(s)
s
出
Exit, To Exit
this character can be found on exits in Korea. It is common to find this
character used instead of its Korean equivalent.
출(s)
don’t need to no spell
口
Mouth, Opening
Often found coupled with 入 or 出 to denote that there is an opening (an entrance or exit)
somewhere.
구(nothing to deal with digit, seperation, shape/sport)
No sp
上
Above, High
Most words that this character can be found in are difficult. However, it is commonly used by
itself to denote that something is “high” or “above something.”
상
下
Underneath, Below, Low
The opposite of 上(상)
하(give me 3)
日
Day
This is another case where the Hanja character is often substituted for the Korean equivalent.
Commonly seen on bills, calendars or other places where you might find the word “day.”
The word “Japan” in Japanese means “day origin.” (日本). Therefore, you will see this
character a lot in Japan or Japanese restaurants. Also found in all the days of the week.
일(s)
sp
月
Month
Commonly seen on bills, calendars or other places where you might find the word “month.”
Also found in the names of the months of the year.
월(sp)
年
Year
년
內
Inside
Used in words that indicate something is inside, or an interior version of something.
내
外
Outside
외
人(sp)
Person
Often used as the last letter (character) of a word to mean “person.” Due to its simplicity and
common meaning, this character can be recognized by all Korean people. It is commonly
taught by trying to imagine the character as a walking person.
인(sp)
子
Person(2nd, not 인)
Technically called “son ,” but this character can be found in words where the meaning is male or female. 子 can also be seen as a part of other, more complicated characters. For
example, 學 (learning) and 字 (writing) have 子 contained within them.
자(nothing with pencil, has not verb meaning to it, stat, single adj/pronoun)
sp
父
Father
You probably won’t see this character anywhere in your daily life, but it is one of the simplest
and most recognized Hanja characters in Korea.
부(sp)(nothing to deal with negation, section, category, units/benefit, amount)
sp
母
Mother
You probably won’t see this character anywhere in your daily life, but it is one of the simplest
and most recognized Hanja characters in Korea. The stroke order of this one seems to break
the rules of stroke-order, as it is not how I would intuitively do it.
(sp)모(nothing to deal with strand, multiple)
sp
男
Man, male
Every Korean is expected to be able to recognize this character. I have seen many public
restrooms in Korea with only Hanja characters on the door to represent the appropriate room
for each gender (without any pictures, or other words).
남(sp)(not direction)
sp
女 meanings and usage connotation
Woman, female
As with 男, every Korean is expected to be able to recognize this character.
Notice that there are two ways to pronounce this character in Korean – and its pronunciation
depends on the location of the character within a word.
여/녀(sp)
Typically, when a word begins with
“this hanja” it is pronounced as “여.” When the character is found anywhere but the beginning of the
word, it is pronounced as “녀.”
一
One
일(nothing with part of a week)
二
Two
이(nothing to deal with name)
三
Three
삼
四
Four
사(nothing to deal with professtion, not taboo)
五
Five
오
六
Six
육(not item or development)
七
Seven
칠
八
Eight
팔
九
Nine
구(nothing to do deal with direction or place or object)
十
Ten
십
sp
東
East
You will see this character and the others below all over Korea, as the names of many places
are named using these cardinal directions. When these names are translated to English, they
usually just take on the English pronunciation of the respective Korean name. Therefore, a
Korean learner of Hanja might not be aware of the actual meaning that a location might
possess.
동(sp)(not multiple place, metal, verb, equal/compare)
西
West
Much like 東, 西 is used throughout
Korea as the names of various locations.
서
sp
北
North
As with the other characters, 北 is used throughout Korea on various names of places.
북(sp)
sp not needed
南
South
남(not man)
sp
王
King
Nonetheless, this is one of the most recognizable
characters in Korea, and is very simple to draw.
왕(sp)
checked
天
Heaven
천(not digit or toucable)
sp
手
Hand
While this character technically means “hand,” you can find it in a number of words where
the connection to a “hand” is not very apparent.
(a mistake). However, it is hard to connect the word “mistake” to a hand. Nonetheless, there
are other words where the connection to “hand” is more obvious.
수(sp)(not flowing, can be infinity)
字
Letter, writing
Used in a variety of common words to have the meaning of
“letter” or “writing.”
자(nothing with body, has no verb meaning to it, single adj/pronoun, stats)
員
Person(3rd)
You will often find this as the last character in a noun. The characters before “員” are usually
other Hanja characters that describe the type of person.
원(not green, multiple, composition, verb, exchangble)
sp
漢
Korea, China
“한.” You will find the character 漢 on
various things around or in Korea in relation to the Han River (the river that goes through
Seoul). However, 韓 is typically used to refer to things that literally refer to the country of
Korea (for example, the country itself, the language and the people).
한(sp)sp,(1~2 meaning fine) shares a meaning with another syllable, not 韓)
sp optional
國
Country
While this character is slightly difficult to draw at first, it is very recognizable because few
characters look similar to it. Definitely one of the characters that every Korean person is
expected to be able to recognize. The names of many countries end in “國” in Korean. It
would also be beneficial to be able to recognize the simplified version of this character; both
because it is very common and because it is easy to recognize (国)
국
民
The people(of a country)
Used along with other characters to represent the masses of a population.
민
sp
美
Beautiful, United States
This character is actually written on signs all over Korea in its Hanja form – therefore,
everybody should be able to recognize it. The most common places you will find it is on
signs designating that a store is a beauty-parlor/hair-salon.
(sp)미
sp
韓
Korea
A lot of times a complex character also has a complex
meaning and is not very common in Korea. However, this character literally means “Korea,”
so you can find it in many places. Writing around any government buildings, web-pages or
documents is often very formal, therefore the Hanja characters are often written as well.
한(sp, shares a meaning with another syllable, not 漢)
江
River
Whenever you see “氵” the meaning of the character usually relates to water in some way. 江 is very easy to remember because of this water designation, plus the “工” part of the character
looks like a flowing to me. The “工” part of the character actually has a purpose of indicating
pronunciation in Chinese, but for the casual learner of Hanja (at this point), you don’t need to
worry
강(not living, words)
水
Water
Notice that it becomes increasingly easier to understand the meaning of a character in a word
if you know the meaning of the other characters and the translation in English.
수(not human, not can be infinity)
川
Stream
Actually, this character is not found in very many common Korean words.
천(not only one, digit)
冷(two and its connotation)
Cold
냉/랭
traditional Korean words
didn’t have “ᄅ” as the first letter in a syllable of a word. Instead, it was pronounced as “ᄂ.”
So, depending on the position of this character, it could be pronounced as “냉” or “랭”.
Typically it starts with 냉 since it is older since hanja.
本
Origin
a very common character
본
心
Heart, emotions
Though this character literally means “heart,” it often is used in words to describe the center
of something or one’s feelings.
심 Give me meanings(2) and connotation
身
Body
신
體
Body
Very complicated writing this character, but it comes up a lot in various words. While the
strokes might look complicated, if you learn how to write it stroke-by-stroke, you will see
that it actually isn’t that difficult.
체
感
Feeling, emotion
감
家
Family, House
가
名
Name
명
品
Thing
품
金
Common Surname, Gold/Money
김/금
李
Common Surname
이/리(nothing with digit)
正
Right, Proper, Correct
정
無
To not have
무
不
To not be
부(nothing to deal with help, parts, splitting, categories, and living)
用
To use
용
半
Half
반
白
White
백
學
Learn, School
학
生
Life, born
생
校
School
교
先
First
선
師
Teacher
사(something is not restricted and tend to be thought more super, not digit, not taboo)
公
Public, Shared, Equal
공
市
City
시
區
District, Division
구(nothing to deal with count or direction or is small in tangible)
洞
Neighborhood
동(not direction, compartions/similarity, metal, verb)
合
Combine, Unite
합
場
Place, Location
장
室
Room
실
食
Food
식
池
Land, Earth
지
方
Area, Region, Side
방
時
Time
시
期
Time, Period
기
間
Space, Interval, Between
간
同
Same
동(not verb, mutiple area, metal, direction)
百
One Hundred, Everything, Total
백
部
Division, Part
부(nothing to deal with male, doesn’t start with s, wealth, amount, help, negation)
分
Division, Part, Minute
분
多
Many, Most, All
다
數
Number
수(not human, essentials,
全
Whole, all
전
新
New
신
現
Current
현
代
Generation, Representative
대(not related to size)
文
Culture, Writing
문(nothing releated to verb or part of a building)
化
Change
화
力
Power
력
强
Strength
강(not flowing, education/college)
弱
Weak
약
火
Fire
화
信
Trust, Believe
신
土
Earth
토
世
Man, humankind
세
木
Tree
목
球
Ball, Circle
구(nothing with a place, number, or positions or soemthing that can occuy many humans)
立
To be Set up, Established
립
右
Right
우
左
Left
좌
回
Turn, turn around
회
向
Direction
향
反
Opposite, Reverse
반
工
Work, Labor
공
業
Work, Business
업
務
Business, Affairs
무
勤
Work, Diligence
근
會
Meet, Gather
회
者
People who do
자(nothing with just noun or person, writing, stats, not a single adj/pronoun)
士
Scholar
사(nothing something that is very common and known, not digit, not love)
自
Oneself
자(not a person, written, verb to the meaning, and statistic related)
個
Single, Unit, Piece
개
主
Master, main
주
