A Guide to Korean Characters

This book contains essential Hanja characters that can be understood by most Korean adults, are commonly used on signs and in advertisements, and/or is sometimes still used in formal or traditional writing and art. Learning and understanding Hanja will not only help you when reading Chinese characters, but it will also help you expand your Korean vocabulary and make conversing in Korean a bit easier. Free audio files are available HERE CONTENTS Preface 11 How to Use This Book 12 People Person 14 person enter make substitute / historical period year Review Quiz Flow Chart earlig light color · · [중략] · · woman good mecessary / essential mother Review Quiz Flow Chart Body body big beautiful character / script oneslf Review Quiz Flow Chart pain / pungent intimate / parent new · · [중략] · · love feeling Review Quiz Flow Chart Hanja Sadaritagi (Ghost leg) Game Hand hand father time special Review Quiz Flow Chart right left have / exist Review Quiz Flow Chart Foot foot go out right / correct subject Review Quiz Flow Chart summer back / after winter Review Quiz Flow Chart go move / transfer way / morals pass through Review Quiz Flow Chart Shelter house / -ist peaceful room Review Quiz Flow Chart door / gate ask interval / between Review Quiz Flow Chart inside south city / market Review Quiz Flow Chart Hanja Yut-Non Tools fire aurumn / gall nothingness dot / spot Review Quiz Flow Chart power man move Review Quiz Flow Chart eat / food Review Quiz Flow Chart Animals cow half dicide / minute pubilc truth Review Quiz Flow Chart Natural Scenery tree east west heavy cart / car Review Quiz Flow Chart school come music / pleasure taste Review Quiz Flow Chart mountain world / lifetime tea be bom / life Review Quiz Flow Chart Heavenly Bodies day / sun spring moon / month bright / next a lot of / many front Review Quiz Flow Chart soil land place Review Quiz Flow Chart Miscellaneous small work water alcoholic drinks Review Quiz Flow Chart up down Review Quiz Flow Chart Hanja Board Game

About This Book - Learning Korean is easier when you know Chinese characters! - Learn frequently used Chinese characters in Korean! - Enhance your vocabulary by using words written in Chinese characters! - This book will make it easy to read and write Chinese characters! Why this book? This book is intended for foreign students learning Korean. It was developed by the Korean Language Education Center in the Language Research Institute of Seoul National University reflecting the needs of the learners of Chinese characters. For teachers, the book shows how to teach the Chinese characters that learners often find difficult. It is composed of the most frequently used Chinese characters. The beginner level is focused on learning characters and the intermediate level on word formation. The systematic structure of the book will help learners grasp Chinese characters easily. - The Chinese characters in the textbook were chosen to expand the Korean vocabulary. - You can expand the Korean vocabulary by learning frequently used Chinese characters in Korean and the characters often used to make compound words. - This book has a systematic structure: the beginner level is to learn single characters and the intermediate level is to learn words written in Chinese characters. - You can practice the characters learned in < Today�s Characters > in context, and also see how a character is really used in a word. - Through the various exercises in < Let�s Practice > , you can practice and write the Chinese characters that acquired in each chapter.