Wiktionary:Requested entries (Korean)

Have an entry request? Add it to the list – but please:

• Consider creating a citations page with your evidence that the word exists and use the {{see citations}} template to link to the citations page.
• Think twice before adding long lists of words as they may be ignored.
• If possible provide context, usage, field of relevance, etc.
• Check the Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion if you are unsure if it belongs in the dictionary.
• If the entry already exists, but seems incomplete or incorrect, do not add it here; add a request template to the entry itself to ask someone to fix the problem, e.g. {{rfp}} or {{rfe}} for pronunciation or etymology respectively.

  — Note also that such requests, like the information requested, belong on the base form of a word, not on inflected forms.

Please remove entries from this list once they have been written (i.e. the link is “live”, shown in blue, and has a section for the correct language)

There are a few things you can do to help:

• Add glosses or brief definitions.
• Add the part of speech, preferably using a standardized template.
• If you know what a word means, consider creating the entry yourself instead of using this request page.

• If you see inflected forms (plurals, past tenses, superlatives, etc.) indicate the base form (singular, infinitive, absolute, etc.) of the requested term and the type of inflection used in the request.
• For words which are listed here only in their romanized form, please add the correct form in Korean script.
• Don’t delete words just because you don’t know them – it may be that they are used only in certain contexts or are archaic or obsolete.
• Don’t simply replace words with what you believe is the correct form. The form here may be rare or regional. Instead add the standard form and comment that the requested form seems to be an error in your experience.

Requested-entry pages for other languages: Category:Requested entries.[[Category:Requested entries|]][[Category:Requests concerning |Entries]]

For Korean alphabetical order see Wikipedia:Korean_alphabet#South_Korean_order

This list is currently missing quite a few entries Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Korean 5800

Hangul

ㄱ

• - literally "skull hit", means roughly "mind-boggling"
• ,
• - (spiritual teacher in Indian traditions)

ㄲ

• – slang, abrasive. Sentiment similar to "don't fuck with me", with implication that receiving person is insolent and of a lower social status.
• ㅡlaugh with sound like '껄껄','껄껄껄'=가가대소
• ,
• ,

ㄷ

• ,
• ,
• , - rattling sound
• ,

ㄸ

• - (root) warm? Korean wiktionary entry here
  • - (adj) to be warm? At first glance looks like a misspelling of , but ko.wikt gives it a separate entry, which is not a redirect. Possibly some different nuance or a dialectal variation?

• – highly versatile verb; refer to [1]
• – being thoroughly physically beaten, walloped
• ,

ㅁ

• - Codonopsis pilosula
• - (root) soft? Korean wiktionary entry here, also:
  • - (v) to make soft?
  • - (adj) to be soft?
  • - (adv) softly?
• - Need to add category: Category:ko:Taste.
• - hesitation
• - prestigious family
• - heaviness

ㅂ

• ,
• ,
• ,
• , also sometimes
• ,
• ,
• - reduplicated already has an entry

ㅃ

• ,
• - sullen, pouting
• -- (slang) waste of time, wild goose chase, foolish act (For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:#|Citations:뻘짓]].)

ㅅ

• ,
• ,
• - feelings, impressions; https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/소감
• - w:ko:소나티네
• - See Sosamsin Wikipedia article
• - 속 + 상(傷) + 하다 meaning upset
• ,
• , - possibly the equivalent of in manhwa?

  Because it is a word that expresses the sound made when passing quickly, it has no etymology. --YeBoy371 (talk) 08:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

  We still include words where the origin is unclear. Theknightwho (talk) 19:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

• - sound of cleaning
• - w:ko:시말서
• - Etymology does not exist. Be sure to include 'Category:ko:Taste'.

ㅆ

• - North Korean for .
• - emphatic
• ,

ㅇ

• - short for
• ,
• – Slang term, literally referring to the toughest fighter (typically in a school setting). Used similarly to "punk", "bully", or sometimes "badass"
• , - being about to cry
• , - flinch (possibly also "twitch")
• - North Korean import/export licence
• ,
• - mumbling/muttering; reduplicated already has an entry
• ,
• , - crunching
• – Korean transliteration of "one tool"; means someone who heavily relies on a single strategy, generally implying they're not capable in other strategies
• ,
• ,
• ,
• , expression in Jeolla dialect roughly meaning "here you go". Also alternative form of
• , 외모 (appearance) and exaggerated Koreanization of "check", an internet meme originating from this video [2]. Has coverage in news sources. Oh Hae-won, one of the members of NMIXX, shouted out this word.

Is it worth creating the page? --YeBoy371 (talk) 08:49, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

• - from Spanish , it refers to a descendant of Korean migrants working in henequen plantations in Mexico.

ㅈ

• . Seemingly a Korean counterpart to Japanese . For inclusion in Category:Korean phrasebook. Related terms: , , .
• - "it's no joke"; i.e. "it's a big deal"
• , - sound of heavy footstep
• ,
• - burst fire
• - Making something clean. Often used of the environment, seas, rivers, the air, etc.
• ,
• – slang word, see wikipedia:ko:즐. Possibly cut off from "즐거운..." ("[hope you have an] enjoyable...") from NPC dialogue in video games, used to indicate abruptly ending a conversation.

ㅉ

• - see [3]
• ,
• , - sound of electricity
• , - see [4]

ㅊ

• (Synonym ), (clipping)

• click - mainly camera shutter sound (, Not used)
• snap - the sound of something closing or locking

• - This word has a meaning close to "terrible" or "horrible".
• - It is an onomatopoeia meaning "mainly liquid pouring or spreading".

ㅋ

• , etc.

ㅌ

• ,
• - easygoing, not fussy
• , - pat pat
• - was deleted on the grounds that there were no definitions, but there are a lot of links to this page from Hanja entries (Special:WhatLinksHere/퇴), and Korean Wikipedia has an article at this title (apparently about ocean banks - sorry, I don't speak Korean).

ㅍ

• - sound of hugging
• - emphatic
• , - sound when bursting into laugh with low voice

ㅎ

• - possibly wide-eyed? See [5]
• , - licking sound
• , - glance
• , - startle
• ,
• , (ideophone) - Interjection is required
• ,
• ,
• , - Interjection is required
• ,
• , also sometimes - an ideophone or onomatopoeia

Latin letters

• "mudjima" ("don't ask why" crimes, e.g. random stabbings): in English-language news recently
• “There’s a Korean proverb that says: ‘If you make others cry, your own eyes will bleed.’ So, if you mistreat others, you will be punished; if you do good to others, you will be blessed,” said Ms. [Shin-ja Moon, chairman of the Hallyu Cultural Renaissance Foundation]. - Shen Yun Concludes Performances in Korea - May 13, 2024