๐ฅ ๋ชธ (mom) vs. ์ ์ฒด (sin-che)
There are many body parts words to learn, because we use them every moment and we are able to do many things thanks to them.
In Korean, both ๋ชธ (mom) and ์ ์ฒด (sin-che) mean “body,” but:
- ๋ชธ is informal and commonly used in daily conversations.
- ์ ์ฒด is more formal and used in medical or scientific contexts.
Ready to learn 50+ essential body part names in Korean? Letโs go! ๐ช
๐ Face & Head (๋จธ๋ฆฌ & ์ผ๊ตด)
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋จธ๋ฆฌ | meo-ri | Head |
| ์ผ๊ตด | eol-gul | Face |
| ๋จธ๋ฆฌ์นด๋ฝ | meo-ri-ka-rak | Hair |
| ์ด๋ง | i-ma | Forehead |
| ๋ | nun | Eye |
| ๋์น | nun-sseop | Eyebrow |
| ์๋์น | sok-nun-sseop | Eyelashes |
| ์ฝ | ko | Nose |
| ์ | ip | Mouth |
| ์ ์ | ip-sul | Lips |
| ์ด / ์น์ | i / chi-a | Tooth, teeth |
| ํ | hyeo | Tongue |
| ํฑ | teok | Chin, jaw |
| ๊ท | gwi | Ear |
| ๋ณผ / ๋บจ | bol / ppyam | Cheek |
๐ช Upper Body (ํ & ์)
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ํ | pal | Arm |
| ์ด๊นจ | eo-kkae | Shoulder |
| ํ๊ฟ์น | pal-kkum-chi | Elbow |
| ์ | son | Hand |
| ์๋ชฉ | son-mok | Wrist |
| ์๊ฐ๋ฝ | son-ga-rak | Finger |
| ์ํฑ | son-top | Fingernail |
๐ฆต Lower Body (๋ค๋ฆฌ & ๋ฐ)
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋ค๋ฆฌ | da-ri | Leg |
| ๋ฌด๋ฆ | mu-reup | Knee |
| ๋ฐ | bal | Foot |
| ๋ฐ๋ชฉ | bal-mok | Ankle |
| ๋ฐ๊ฐ๋ฝ | bal-ga-rak | Toe |
| ๋ฐํฑ | bal-top | Toenail |
๐๏ธโโ๏ธ Torso & Internal Organs
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋ชฉ | mok | Neck |
| ๊ฐ์ด | ga-seum | Chest |
| ๋ฑ | deung | Back |
| ๋ฐฐ | bae | Stomach, belly |
| ํ๋ฆฌ | heo-ri | Waist |
โ๏ธ Internal Body Parts & Organs
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ํผ๋ถ | pi-bu | Skin |
| ๋ผ | ppyeo | Bone |
| ๊ทผ์ก | geun-yuk | Muscle |
| ์ฌ์ฅ | sim-jang | Heart |
| ํ | pe | Lungs |
| ์ | wi | Stomach (organ) |
| ๊ฐ | gan | Liver |
| ํ์ก | hyeol-aek | Blood |
| ์ ๊ฒฝ | sin-gyeong | Nerve |
๐ฏ Practice Time!
Test your knowledge in the comments:
1๏ธโฃ How do you say “hand” in Korean? ๐คฒ
2๏ธโฃ What is the Korean word for “heart”? โค๏ธ
3๏ธโฃ How do you say “stomach” in Korean? ๐ค
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