Family Vocabulary in Korean

Noun
  • 가정
    –home; family
  • 남편
    –husband
  • 누님
    –elder sister
  • 대
    –lineage; family tree; time; era; generation
  • 부정
    –paternal love
  • 성
    –surname; family name
  • 아내
    –wife
  • 아랫사람
    –younger; junior
  • 양반
    –yangban; gentleman; husband; sir; mister; dude; breeze; nothing
  • 어미
    –mom; mother; daughter; daughter-in-law; wife; mom; mother; mother
  • 언니
    –elder sister
  • 원조
    –founder of a family; first forefather; originator; father; progenitor; prototype
  • 윗사람
    –one's senior; one's superior
  • 집사람
    –wife
  • 처
    –wife
Bound Noun
  • 대
    –generation
  • 세
    –a bound noun that serves as a unit indicating a person's position in a family lineage or a king's position in a succession of kings in a dynasty
  • 촌
    –A bound noun that serves as a unit to indicate the distance between relatives.