KOREAN PICTURE DICTIONARY - LEARN 1,500 KEY KOREAN WORDS AND PHRASES

Oct 1, 2026

Illustrated Korean picture dictionary featuring 1,500 frequently used Korean words and phrases, arranged into 38 practical themes covering everyday life, school, work, shopping, weather, directions, time, dates, seasons, holidays, computers, travel, food, health, and the animal world. Each theme provides 30–40 vocabulary items in order, plus 3–5 example sentences showing real usage with Hangeul, standard romanization, and English meanings. Includes introduction to Korean language writing and history, and indexes for study support.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages269

Reading Time11 h 18 min

AccessFree to download

A Basic Introduction to Korean Language

History of the Korean Language

Contents

A Basic Introduction to Korean Language

My Family

My House

The Human Body

Counting and Numbers

Daily Activities

Colors, Shapes and Sizes

Opposites

Cash and Money

Going Shopping

Life in the City

Getting Around

Asking and Giving Directions

Talking About the Weather

Telling Time

Years and Dates

Seasons of the Year

Celebrating the Holidays

I love to Learn

At School

I Am Learning Korean

Counting Words

Computers and the Internet

I Love My Smartphone!

At Work

Music and Dance

Seeing a Doctor

Protecting Our Environment

The Animal Kingdom

Let’s Keep Fit!

Do You Like to Travel?

Countries of the World

Foreign Languages

Do You Like Korean Food?

Popular Western Foods

Drinks

Fresh Fruits, Nuts and Grains

At the Market

English-Korean Index

KOREAN PICTURE DICTIONARY LEARN 1 ,500 KEY KOREAN WORDS AND PHRASES Tina Cho Korean text by Jaekeun Cho Contents A Basic Introduction to Korean Language 1 Nice to Meet You! 만나서 매우 반갑습니다! 2 My Family 나의 가족 3 My House 나의 집 4 The Human Body 인체 5 Counting and Numbers 카운팅과 숫자 6 Daily Activities 일상생활 7 Colors, Shapes and Sizes 색상 , 모양 , 크기 8 Opposites 반대들 9 Cash and Money 현금과 돈 10 Going Shopping 쇼핑하기 11 Life in the City 도시의 생활 12 Getting Around 이동 수단 13 Asking and Giving Directions 방향 묻고 말하기 14 Talking About the Weather 날씨 말하기 15 Telling Time 시간 알림 16 Years and Dates 년도와 날짜 17 Seasons of the Year 사계절 18 Celebrating the Holidays 공휴일 행사 19 I love to Learn 배우기를 좋아해요 20 At School 학교에서 21 I Am Learning Korean 한글 배우기 22 Counting Words 수분류어 23 Computers and the Internet 컴퓨터와 인터넷 24 I Love My Smartphone! 스마트폰이 좋아요! 25 At Work 직업 26 Music and Dance 음악과 무용 27 Seeing a Doctor 의사 방문 28 Protecting Our Environment 환경 보호 29 The Animal Kingdom 동물의 세계 30 Let’s Keep Fit! 건강하게 지냅시다! 31 Do You Like to Travel? 여행을 좋아하세요? 32 Countries of the World 세계 각국 33 Foreign Languages 외국어 34 Do You Like Korean Food? 한국음식을 좋아하세요? 35 Popular Western Foods 대중 서양 음식 36 Drinks 음료수 37 Fresh Fruits, Nuts and Grains 신선한 과일 , 견과 , 곡물 38 At the Market 시장에서 English-Korean Index Photo Credits A Basic Introduction to Korean Language This illustrated dictionary presents 1,500 frequently-used Korean words and phrases, including those that students need to know to pass the TOPIK, Test of Proficiency in Korean exam for non-native speakers. The dictionary is organized into 38 themes, each of which presents 30-40 words. Each section also has three to five sentences demonstrating the usage of the words. The words and sentences in the dictionary all appear in the following order: Hangeul characters, followed by the pronunciation in standard romanization form, followed by the English meaning. History of the Korean Language Researchers and linguists debate the origin of the Korean language. Some link it with the Altaic language family, which includes Mongolian, Turkic, and Tungusic language groups. The people within these groups lived in the Altai Mountain Region, which included northeastern Siberia to the Persian Gulf and from the Baltic Sea to China. These languages have similar components. The syllables are composed of a consonant + a vowel. They have vowel harmony. There are constraints on which vowels can be put together. And there are few consonant clusters. Korean is one of the oldest spoken languages. History shows that two languages were spoken in Manchuria and on the Korean peninsula, the Northern or Puyo group and the Southern or Han group. During the 7th century, during the time of the Three Kingdoms Period, the Silla dialect became the dominant language. Then in the 10th century, the Koryo Dynasty moved the capital to Kaesong, in which the Kaesong dialect became the dominant language. At the end of the 14th century, the Chosun Dynasty moved the capital to Seoul; however, the language remained the same. Before the 15th century, the Korean language was written using classical Chinese hanja characters that only elite scholarly people knew. This form of writing was too difficult to teach to all the people. Also, hanja reflected the meaning of words but not the sounds of the Korean language. The people couldn’t express themselves properly in their language and had to simplify by using the Chinese hanja. Therefore, in 1443, King Sejong, with the help of scholars and his older children, created Hangeul, the phonetic Korean writing system. Hangeul became an easy writing system for the common people of Korea and has led to their high literacy rate. Hangeul tied the socio-economic classes of Korea together. Now, everyone could read and write, not just the literati. Hanja or Chinese characters are still used on formal documents and birth certificates as most Korea

FAQs

How is the Korean vocabulary organized in the dictionary?

The book presents 1,500 frequently used words and phrases in 38 themes. Each theme includes 30–40 vocabulary items followed by 3–5 sentences demonstrating usage.

What information format is provided for each Korean word or phrase?

Entries are shown with Hangeul characters, followed by standard romanization, and then the English meaning.

What topics are included in the themes of the dictionary?

Themes cover everyday subjects such as family, home, body, counting and numbers, daily activities, shopping, directions, weather, time, seasons, holidays, school and work, technology, food, health, and animals.

Oct 1, 2026

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