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.

Contents

How to Use This Book

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 숫자 Numbers

Chapter 2 날짜와 요일 Dates and Days of the Week

Chapter 3 크기와 위치 Sizes(Quantities) and Positions

Chapter 4 방향과 위치 Directions and Positions (Locations)

Chapter 5 자연과 인간 Nature and People

Chapter 6 신체 Body Parts

Chapter 7 색깔과 사물 Colors and Basic Objects

Chapter 8 계절과 날씨 Seasons and Weather

Chapter 9 동물과 식물 Animals and Plants

Chapter 10 가족 Family

Chapter 11 학교 School

Chapter 12 시간 Times

Chapter 1 인생 Life

Chapter 2 교육 Education

Chapter 3 성격 Personality (Character)

Chapter 4 경제 Economy

Chapter 5 직업 Jobs

Chapter 6 교통 Transportation

Chapter 7 대중문화 Public Culture

Chapter 8 전통문화 Cultural Heritage

Chapter 9 여행 Travel

Chapter 10 학문 Learning

Chapter 11 언어 Language

Chapter 12 과학 Science

Chapter 13 부수I Main Radical I

Chapter 14 부수II Main Radical II

Appendix

Answer

Index