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Revision as of 02:11, 26 April 2011

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
  1. Dog
  2. Thing, item (used as a counter)
걸다
  1. To hang,
걸리다
구하다
  1. <>To save, to rescue
  2. <>To look for, to seek
  1. Dried seaweed
  2. Steam
  1. Snow
  2. Eye
When pronounced, 눈 (snow) has a slightly longer vowel sound
다리
  1. Leg
  2. Bridge
들다
  1. Carry, hold, pick up
  2. Enter, walk into, go into, step into
  3. Sharp
  4. Honorific word for eat or drink
Many people don't realize the phrase 드세요 is from 들다 + 세요
마르다
  1. To become dry
  2. To lose weight, to become thin
맞다
  1. To be right, to be correct
  2. To be hit, to be beaten
묻다
미치다
  1. To be crazy
  2. Reach, extend over
  3. To be a match for, to be equal
부르다
빠지다
사과
  1. Apple
  2. Apology
실수
  1. <> Mistake, error
  2. <> Real number (mathematics)
싸다
쓰다
  1. To write
  2. To use
  3. To be bitter
  4. To wear (a hat, glasses
연기
  1. <> Smoke
  2. <> Acting
  1. The number '10' (native Korean number system)
  2. Fever
운동
의사
  1. <> Doctor
  2. <> Intention, intent
이상
  1. </[[狀]> Weird, strange, abnormal, a disorder
  2. <> More than, (number) or more
이상 #1 can be written in two different ways via hanja.
인분
자리
  1. Seat
  2. Space, room (for something)
  1. Dot, mole
  2. Fortune-telling
직장
  1. <> Work, workplace
  2. <[[直]> Rectum
지방
  1. <>Fat
  2. <>Any area outside of Seoul (countryside)
타다
  1. To ride
  2. To burn
  1. The number '8' (Native Korean numbers)
  2. Arm