매튜의 한국어 연습 블로그

Embarrassingly long time since my last post. Place the blame on any number of life events to include but not limited to: having a baby . Go ...

Hanja is a tricky beast ain’t she ? She tempts us with her interweaving of Chinese, Japanese and Korean root words and then spits in our fac...

Take a look at the photo below and tell me what your gut reaction is to the sign on the truck. What do you think it means? "Dangerous W...

An easy one today, guys. This should be on everyone's mental hanja radar at all times. 물 수 (水) is easily one of the most common hanja ba...

Got a strange one for you today. 服 (옷 복) Yesterday was the last day of the three hottest days of the year; affectionately known in English...

병 is a frequent offender. We've seen him in counting of bottles (甁) and in recognizing soldiers (兵士). Today we're taking a look at s...

Next up on our Hanja cavalcade is 통 (痛). 아플 통 to be specific. Next time you feel the need to eek out a complaint of symptoms (증상) to a docto...

Not a terribly common Hanja character but an easy one to recognize in Hangul is 聖 (성인 성). It stands for 'Holy'. 성경 (聖經) the Bible...

I like a good Hanja. Like a fine wine, I savor a sweet bouquet of Korean prose. 치 is a like really short poem that makes me smile. When you ...

Title : Useful Chinese Characters for Learners of Korean Author : SNU Language Institute Paperback: 184 pages Publisher:  Darakwon (Apr ...

This is a good one to learn. If you've never taken an interest in 한자 (Hanja) before, make this one your first. It's a doosy and it...

In my search of helpful hanja, I found a neat little way to express approximation in time, especially in regards to months: 初 = 초 = near t...

Hanja to the rescue! 불- (한자: 不) is a nice little guy who fills in the prefix role of -un, -dis, -ir, -non, and the like. Slip him in front o...

I normally don't crosspost but this clearly relates to learning Korean. Check out the writeup on Hanja  over at my history blog. I...

Like some other students of Korean, I have an interest in 한자 ( Hanja , Sino-Korean characters). Not because I like to make life more diffic...