From Chuseok (์ถ์) festivals to school folk days, Korean traditional games are deeply rooted in history and community. Learning these cultural terms will give you a fun insight into Korean values, teamwork, and celebrations.
๐ช Must-Know Traditional Games Vocabulary in Korean
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
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์ ํต ๋์ด | jeon-tong no-ri | Traditional games |
์ท๋์ด | yut-no-ri | Yutnori (board game with sticks) |
์ ๊ธฐ์ฐจ๊ธฐ | je-gi-cha-gi | Hacky sack kicking |
ํฌํธ | tu-ho | Arrow throwing into a canister |
๊ตด๋ ์ | gul-leong-soe | Hoop rolling |
ํฝ์ด์น๊ธฐ | paeng-i-chi-gi | Spinning top game |
์ฐ๋ ๋ฆฌ๊ธฐ | yeon-nal-li-gi | Kite flying |
์ค๋ค๋ฆฌ๊ธฐ | jul-da-ri-gi | Tug of war |
๋น์์น๊ธฐ | bi-seok-chi-gi | Stone flicking game |
์ฌ๋ฐฉ์น๊ธฐ | sa-bang-chi-gi | Korean hopscotch |
๋ฑ์ง์น๊ธฐ | ttak-ji-chi-gi | Slap match (folded paper game) |
ํ์ถค | tal-chum | Mask dance (folk performance) |
๋ฏผ์๋์ด | min-sok-no-ri | Folk games |
๐ฎ Useful Verbs & Phrases for Traditional Games
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
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๊ฒ์์ ํ๋ค | ge-im-eul ha-da | To play a game |
์ท์ ๋์ง๋ค | yut-eul deon-ji-da | To throw Yut sticks |
์ ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ์ฐจ๋ค | je-gi-reul cha-da | To kick the jegi (hacky sack) |
์ ์๋ฅผ ์ป๋ค | jeom-su-reul eot-da | To score points |
์ด๊ธฐ๋ค | i-gi-da | To win |
์ง๋ค | ji-da | To lose |
๋ค์ ํ์ | da-si ha-ja | Letโs play again |
์์๋ฅผ ์ ํ๋ค | sun-seo-reul jeong-ha-da | To decide the order |
๐ฃ๏ธ Common Expressions for Playing Korean Folk Games
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
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์ท๋์ด ํด๋ดค์ด์? | yut-no-ri hae-bwa-sseo-yo? | Have you played Yutnori before? |
์ ๊ธฐ ๋ช ๋ฒ ์ฐผ์ด์? | je-gi myeot beon chat-sseo-yo? | How many times did you kick the jegi? |
๊ฐ์ด ์ค๋ค๋ฆฌ๊ธฐ ํ ๋์? | ga-chi jul-da-ri-gi hal-lae-yo? | Want to play tug of war together? |
๋๋ฌด ์ฌ๋ฐ์ด์! | neo-mu jae-mit-seo-yo! | This is so fun! |
์ ๊ฐ ์ด๊ฒผ์ด์! | je-ga i-gyeot-seo-yo! | I won! |
๋ค์ ์ฐจ๋ก ๋๊ตฌ์์? | da-eum cha-rye nu-gu-ye-yo? | Whoโs next? |
๐งง Korean Traditional Games โ Fun Facts & Tips
๐ฎ Cultural Significance
- Many traditional games were played during ์ค๋ (Lunar New Year) and ์ถ์ (Chuseok) with family.
- Games like ์ท๋์ด have symbolic meanings โ e.g., โ๋, ๊ฐ, ๊ฑธ, ์ท, ๋ชจโ representing movement in the game.
๐โโ๏ธ Active & Team-Based
- ์ค๋ค๋ฆฌ๊ธฐ was played as a village competition to promote unity and wish for a good harvest.
- ์ ๊ธฐ์ฐจ๊ธฐ develops balance and coordination, especially popular among children during winter.
๐ Where to Experience
- Folk Villages (๋ฏผ์์ด) and cultural festivals often have hands-on games.
- School events or Seollal celebrations sometimes include these activities.
- Search for โ์ ํต ๋์ด ์ฒดํโ (Traditional Game Experiences) in local event listings.
๐ Bonus Vocabulary: Game Items & Related Terms
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
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์ท | yut | 4-stick game piece for Yutnori |
๋งํ | mal-pan | Game board for Yutnori |
์ ๊ธฐ | je-gi | Traditional feathered hacky sack |
ํฝ์ด | paeng-i | Spinning top |
์ฐ | yeon | Kite |
์ค | jul | Rope (for tug of war) |
๋ฑ์ง | ttak-ji | Folded paper card |
๋ฏผ์์ด | min-sok-chon | Folk village |
๐ฏ Vocabulary Quiz
- What is the Korean name for the โhacky sackโ game?
- Translate: โLetโs play Yutnori.โ
- What does โ์ท์ ๋์ง๋คโ mean?
๐ฌ Comment your answers below!
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