A pronoun used when the speaker refers to himself/herself and the listener or listeners, or a group of people including the speaker and listener or listeners.

A pronoun used when the speaker refers to several people including himself/herself while speaking to a person senior to himself/herself.

we: A pronoun used when the speaker intimately refers to something related to him/her while speaking to the person junior to himself/herself.

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

우리말

great effort; strain; dragon

courage; guts; container

direction for use; instruction for use; usage; use of law

mercenary; hired solider

forgiveness; mercy

lava

boo; the right; right; right wing; foolishness; stupidity; B mark; good

we; uri; pen; hutch; barn

Korean language

well

accidental occurrence

image; statue; idol

idol worship

complications; ups and downs

by chance; by accident

superiority; dominant position; ascendancy

milk

Content on this page provided by National Institute of Korean Language according to the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike License.

The word

Browse Korean words sorted by Hangul alphabet in our Korean–English dictionary. View meanings, romanization, pronunciation, and usage.

Korean words

The term used to refer to the Korean language during Japan's colonial rule of Korea.

The language spoken in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.

(lit. our language) The Korean language used by the Korean people.

우리말

Synonyms

Related words

Neighboring words in the dictionary