Hanja Unit 1: Lessons 1 – 20

Welcome to the Hanja section of HowtoStudyKorean.com! Make no mistake about it – our website is dedicated to teaching you Korean. However even a small amount of studying Hanja can help one’s Korean studies tremendously. In our Hanja Lessons, you will gradually be introduced to the most common and important characters that can help you with your Korean studies.

Korean people, even those who claim to be “absolutely terrible in Hanja” are able to recognize about 100 basic characters. Because of this, these characters are often substituted for the Hangeul equivalents in various written forms of Korean (newspapers, books, signs, movie posters, TV drama names, etc…). This first Unit will introduce you to the first 105 Hanja characters that any learner of Korean should know.

Lesson 1 The First Five 大, 小, 中, 山, 門

Lesson 2 In and Out 入, 出, 口, 上, 下

Lesson 3 Days, Months, Year, Inside, Outside 日, 月, 年, 內, 外

Lesson 4 People 人, 子, 父, 母, 男, 女

Lesson 5 Numbers 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十

Lesson 6 Direction 東, 西, 北, 南

Lesson 7 Simplicity 王, 天, 手, 字, 員

Lesson 8 Korea 漢, 國, 民, 美, 韓

Lesson 9 Water 江, 水, 川, 冷, 本

Lesson 10 Feelings 心, 身, 體, 感, 家

Lesson 11 Names 名, 品, 金, 李, 正

Lesson 12 Yes, No, Use, Half 無, 不, 用, 半, 白

Lesson 13 School 學, 生, 校, 先, 師

Lesson 14 Public 公, 市, 區, 洞, 合

Lesson 15 Places 場, 室, 食, 地, 方

Lesson 16 Time 時, 期, 間, 同, 百

Lesson 17 Part, Whole 部, 分, 多, 數, 全

Lesson 18 New 新, 現, 代, 文, 化

Lesson 19 Power 力, 强, 弱, 火, 信

Lesson 20 World 土, 世, 木, 球, 立

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