Learn Important Korean Words for Math Class, Studying, and Daily Use
Whether you’re a student in Korea, studying for TOPIK, or simply expanding your Korean language skills, mastering math-related Korean vocabulary is essential. This guide will help you understand the most common math terms and phrases used in school, textbooks, and everyday problem solving.
Perfect for Korean learners, teachers, or parents helping children with math in Korean!
โ Basic Math Terms in Korean
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
์ํ | su-hak | Mathematics |
์ซ์ | sut-ja | Number |
์ | su | Number (count) |
๋ฌธ์ | mun-je | Problem / Question |
์ ๋ต | jeong-dap | Correct answer |
๊ณ์ฐ | gye-san | Calculation |
์ | sik | Equation / Formula |
๋ต | dap | Answer |
์ค๋ต | o-dap | Wrong answer |
๋จ์ | dan-wi | Unit |
๊ธฐํธ | gi-ho | Symbol |
๐ข Numbers & Operations in Korean
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
๋ํ๊ธฐ | deo-ha-gi | Addition |
๋นผ๊ธฐ | ppae-gi | Subtraction |
๊ณฑํ๊ธฐ | gop-ha-gi | Multiplication |
๋๋๊ธฐ | na-nu-gi | Division |
ํฉ๊ณ | hap-gye | Total / Sum |
ํ๊ท | pyeong-gyun | Average |
ํผ์ผํธ | peo-sen-teu | Percent |
๋ถ์ | bun-su | Fraction |
์์ | so-su | Decimal |
์์์ | so-su-jeom | Decimal point |
โ Useful Expressions for Math in Korean
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
๋ช ๋ํ๊ธฐ ๋ช์ ์ผ๋ง์์? | myeot deo-ha-gi myeot-eun eol-ma-ye-yo? | What is X plus Y? |
์ ๋ต์ด์์. | jeong-dap-i-e-yo | Thatโs the correct answer. |
๋ค์ ๊ณ์ฐํด ๋ณด์ธ์. | da-si gye-san-hae bo-se-yo | Try calculating again. |
ํ๋ ธ์ด์. | teul-ryeot-seo-yo | Itโs incorrect. |
์ด ์์ ํ์ด ๋ณด์ธ์. | i sik-eul pu-reo bo-se-yo | Solve this equation. |
๊ณ์ฐ๊ธฐ ์จ๋ ๋ผ์? | gye-san-gi sseo-do dwae-yo? | Can I use a calculator? |
๐ Geometry & Shapes in Korean
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
๋ํ | do-hyeong | Shape |
์ | seon | Line |
์ | jeom | Point |
๊ฐ๋ | gak-do | Angle |
์ | won | Circle |
์ผ๊ฐํ | sam-gak-hyeong | Triangle |
์ฌ๊ฐํ | sa-gak-hyeong | Square / Rectangle |
์ง์ | jik-seon | Straight line |
๊ณก์ | gok-seon | Curve |
๋๋ | dul-le | Perimeter |
๋์ด | neol-bi | Area |
๋ถํผ | bu-pi | Volume |
๐ Algebra & Graphing Vocabulary
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
๋ณ์ | byeon-su | Variable |
๋ฐฉ์ ์ | bang-jeong-sik | Equation |
ํจ์ | ham-su | Function |
๊ทธ๋ํ | geu-rae-peu | Graph |
์ขํ | jwa-pyo | Coordinates |
์ถ | chuk | Axis |
์ผ์ฐจ๋ฐฉ์ ์ | il-cha-bang-jeong-sik | Linear equation |
์ด์ฐจ๋ฐฉ์ ์ | i-cha-bang-jeong-sik | Quadratic equation |
๐ง Advanced Math Terms in Korean
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
๋ฏธ๋ถ | mi-bun | Differentiation |
์ ๋ถ | jeok-bun | Integration |
๊ธฐํํ | gi-ha-hak | Geometry |
๋์ํ | dae-su-hak | Algebra |
ํ๋ฅ | hwang-nyul | Probability |
ํต๊ณ | tong-gye | Statistics |
์์ด | su-yeol | Sequence |
ํ๋ ฌ | haeng-ryeol | Matrix |
๐ฌ Common School & Classroom Phrases
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
์ํ ๋ฌธ์ ๋ฅผ ํธ์ธ์. | su-hak mun-je-reul pu-se-yo | Solve the math problem. |
๋ต์ด ๋ญ์์? | dap-i mwo-ye-yo? | Whatโs the answer? |
๋ช ์ ์ด์์? | myeot jeom-i-e-yo? | What score did you get? |
๋ค์ ์ค๋ช ํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. | da-si seol-myeong-hae ju-se-yo | Please explain again. |
์ดํดํ์ด์. | i-hae-haet-seo-yo | I understood. |
์ดํด๊ฐ ์ ๋ผ์. | i-hae-ga an dwae-yo | I donโt understand. |
๐ฏ Practice Time!
1๏ธโฃ How do you say โdivisionโ in Korean?
2๏ธโฃ Whatโs the Korean word for โfractionโ?
3๏ธโฃ Translate: โSolve this equation.โ
Leave your answers in the comments and keep practicing!
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