Homonyms (Korean:동음 이의어) 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
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Meanings
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Examples
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| 개
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- Dog
- Thing, item (used as a counter)
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| 걸다
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- To hang,
- To bet
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| 걸리다
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- To be hung
- To take time
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| 구하다
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- <救>To save, to rescue
- <求>To look for, to seek
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| 김
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- Dried seaweed
- Steam
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| 눈
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- Snow
- Eye
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When pronounced, 눈 (snow) has a slightly longer vowel sound
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| 다리
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- Leg
- Bridge
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| 들다
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- Carry, hold, pick up
- Enter, walk into, go into, step into
- Sharp
- Honorific word for eat or drink
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Many people don't realize the phrase 드세요 is from 들다 + 세요
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| 마르다
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- To become dry
- To lose weight, to become thin
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| 맞다
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- To be right, to be correct
- To be hit, to be beaten
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| 묻다
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-
-
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| 미치다
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- To be crazy
- Reach, extend over
- To be a match for, to be equal
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| 부르다
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-
-
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| 빠지다
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- To fall out
- To be addicted to, to be engrossed in
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| 사과
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- Apple
- Apology
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| 선물
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- <膳物> - Present, gift
- <先物> - Futures (stock)
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| 실수
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- <失手> Mistake, error
- <實數> Real number (mathematics)
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| 싸다
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- To be cheap
- To wrap, pack up or package
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| 쓰다
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- To write
- To use
- To be bitter
- To wear (a hat, glasses
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| 연기
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- <煙氣> Smoke
- <演技> Acting
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| 열
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- The number '10' (native Korean number system)
- Fever
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| 운동
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-
-
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| 의사
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- <醫師> Doctor
- <意思> Intention, intent
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| 이상
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- <異常/異狀> Weird, strange, abnormal, a disorder
- <以上> More than, (number) or more
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이상 #1 can be written in two different ways via hanja.
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| 인분
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- Serving (used as a counter)
- <人糞> Feces
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| 인정
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- <人情> Human feelings, sympathy, pity, compassion
- <認定> Recognition, ackowledgement, admission
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| 자리
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- Seat
- Space, room (for something)
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| 점
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- Dot, mole
- Fortune-telling
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| 직장
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- <職場> Work, workplace
- <直腸> Rectum
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| 지방
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- <脂肪>Fat
- <地方>Any area outside of Seoul (countryside)
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| 타다
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- To ride
- To burn
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| 팔
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- The number '8' (Native Korean numbers)
- Arm
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| 풀
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- Glue
- Grass
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