Topic guide
Essential Korean Vocabulary: Numbers, Days, Months & Colors
Before sentences come the building blocks. This page collects the vocabulary sets that appear in nearly every conversation — numbers, counting words, the calendar, and colors.
Each set is a short chart-based page with a quiz, and they cross-reference each other — numbers feed counters, counters feed dates, and the whole stack shows up again in every situational page on this site.
Learn numbers first no matter what else you skip — nearly everything else on this list, and most of the situational phrase pages elsewhere on the site, assume you already have them.
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Korean Numbers: Native vs Sino-Korean, Explained
Korean has two full number systems — native Korean (하나, 둘, 셋) and Sino-Korean (일, 이, 삼).
- 02
Korean Numbers 1 to 10: Both Systems Side by Side
Korean numbers 1 to 10 in both systems, side by side: 하나·둘·셋 (native) and 일·이·삼 (Sino-Korean), with…
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Korean Counters: 개, 명, 마리 and Friends
Korean says 'coffee two cups' (커피 두 잔), not 'two coffees.' The core counters (개 things, 명 people, 마리…
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Korean Days of the Week (and the Planets Inside Them)
The seven Korean days of the week — 월요일 to 일요일 — with the element/planet system behind each name that…
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Korean Months and Dates: Number + 월, With Two Traps
Korean months are just Sino-Korean number + 월 — except June (유월) and October (시월), which drop a consonant.
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Korean Colors: 빨간색, 파란색 and the ㅎ Trick
Korean color words come in two forms — noun (빨간색) and adjective (빨갛다) — with an irregular ㅎ hiding in the…
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What Do 엄마 and 아빠 Mean? Mom and Dad in Korean
Learn 엄마 (mom) and 아빠 (dad) in Korean, the more formal 어머니/아버지, and why kids (and grown adults) keep using…
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Korean Family Titles Beyond Mom and Dad
What to call aunts, uncles and cousins in Korean: 이모 (imo), 고모 (gomo), 삼촌 (samchon), 외삼촌 and 사촌 (sachon) —…
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Korean Family Tree Chart: What to Call Your Relatives (Free PDF)
A free one-page Korean family tree: grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles on both sides, and siblings —…
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What Does 사촌 (Sachon) Mean in Korean?
Cousin in Korean is 사촌 (sachon), one word for any cousin.
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What Does 삼촌 (Samchon) Mean in Korean?
삼촌 (samchon) is 'uncle' on the father's side in Korean, also used loosely for any uncle-like man — plus…
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What Does 이모 (Imo) Mean in Korean?
이모 (imo) means 'aunt' on the mother's side in Korean — and, in everyday speech, the way you address…
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What Does 고모 (Gomo) Mean in Korean?
고모 (gomo) is 'aunt' on the father's side in Korean, as opposed to 이모 on the mother's side — with the…
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Korean Numbers Chart: Native and Sino-Korean Numbers (Free PDF)
A free one-page Korean numbers chart: native (하나, 둘, 셋) and Sino-Korean (일, 이, 삼) numbers 1–10 in print…
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Korean In-Law Titles Chart: What to Call Your Spouse's Family (Free PDF)
A free one-page chart of Korean family titles after marriage: siblings' spouses, a wife's in-laws (시댁) and…
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Korean Days and Months Chart (Free PDF)
A free one-page chart: the 7 Korean days of the week in native handwriting, all 12 months (with the 유월 and…
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