Appendix:Korean terms of family and kinship

Family and kinship terms in Korean:

• grandparents: 조부모
  • grandfather: 할아버지
  • grandmother: 할머니
  • maternal grandfather: 외할아버지
  • maternal grandmother: 외할머니
• parents: 부모
  • father: 아버지
  • mother: 어머니
• spouse: 배우자
  • husband: 남편
  • wife: 아내
• in-laws:
  • parents-in-law: 처부모 (wife's parents), 시부모 (husband's parents)
    • father-in-law: 장인 (wife's father), 시아버지 (husband's father)
    • mother-in-law: 장모 (wife's mother), 시어머니 (husband's mother)
  • son-in-law: 사위
  • daughter-in-law: 며느리
  • brother-in-law: 처남 (wife's brother), 자형 (older sister's husband) 매부 (younger sister's husband), 시숙 (husband's brother)
    • wife's younger brother: 처남
  • sister-in-law: 형수 (older brother's wife), 제수/계수 (younger brother's wife)
    • wife's older sister: 처형
    • wife's younger sister: 처제
• son: 아들
• daughter: 딸
• siblings: 형제자매; 형제
  • brother
    • elder brother: 형 (male's brother), 오빠 (female's brother)
    • younger brother: 동생, 남동생
  • sister(s): 누이; 자매
    • elder sister: 누나 (of a male); 언니 (of a female)
    • younger sister: 동생, 여동생, 누이동생
• uncle: 아저씨 (only for more distant uncles)
  • paternal uncle: 삼촌 (father's unmarried younger brother), 큰아버지 (father's older brother, irrespective of marital status), 작은아버지 (father's married younger brother), 고모부 (고모's husband)
  • maternal uncle: 외삼촌 (mother's brother, regardless of relative age or marital status), 이모부 (이모's husband)
• aunt: 숙모 (parent's brother's wife), 큰어머니 (큰아버지's wife), 작은어머니 (작은아버지's wife), 고모 (father's sister), 이모 (mother's sister), 아줌마 (more distant relations)
• cousin: 사촌; 남자사촌 (m); 여자사촌 (f)
• nephew/niece: 조카
• niece: 조카딸, 질녀
• grandchild
  • grandson: 손자, 외손자 (daughter's son)
  • granddaughter: 손녀, 외손녀 (daughter's daughter)