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)
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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)
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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)
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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
