Homonyms: Difference between revisions

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Homonyms (Korean:동음 이의어). Homonyms are "words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation, but have different meanings."[1]

Note: We have excluded one syllable Hanja characters unless there is a non Hanja meaning as well.

Korean Word	Meanings	Examples
개	Dog Thing, item (used as a counter)
걸다
걸리다
김	Dried seaweed Steam
눈	Snow Eye	When pronounced, 눈 (snow) has a slightly longer vowel sound
다리	Leg Bridge
들다	Carry, hold, pick up Enter, walk into, go into, step into Sharp Honorific word for eat or drink	Many people don't realize the phrase 드세요 is from 들다 + 세요
마르다	to become dry to lose weight, to become thin
맞다	to be right to be hit
묻다
미치다
부르다
빠지다
사과	Apple Apology
실수
싸다
쓰다
연기
열	The number '10' (native Korean number system) Fever
운동
의사
이상
인분
자리
점
직장
타다
팔	The number '8' (Native Korean numbers) Arm
풀

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 |개
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+#Dog
+#Thing, item (used as a [[counters|counter]])
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 |-
@@ Line 24: / Line 26: @@
 |김
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+#Dried seaweed
+#Steam
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 |-
 |눈
 |
-|
+#Snow
+#Eye
+|When pronounced, 눈 (snow) has a slightly longer vowel sound
 |-
 |다리
 |
+#Leg
+#Bridge
 |
 |-
 |들다
 |
-|
+#Carry, hold, pick up
+#Enter, walk into, go into, step into
+#Sharp
+#Honorific word for eat or drink
+|Many people don't realize the phrase 드세요 is from 들다 + 세요
 |-
 |마르다
 |
+#to become dry
+#to lose weight, to become thin
 |
 |-
 |맞다
 |
+#to be right
+#to be hit
 |
 |-
 |묻다
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |미치다
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |부르다
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |빠지다
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |사과
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+#Apple
+#Apology
 |
 |-
 |실수
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |싸다
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |쓰다
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |연기
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |열
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+#The number '10' (native Korean number system)
+#Fever
 |
 |-
 |운동
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
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 |이상
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+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |인분
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+#
+#
 |
 |-
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 |점
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+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |직장
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |타다
 |
+#
+#
 |
 |-
 |팔
 |
+#The number '8' (Native Korean numbers)
+#Arm
 |
 |-
 |풀
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+#
+#
 |
 |}
 [[Category:Vocabulary]]