Korean Body Vocabulary

The 22 beginner words (A1–A2) for body, with their English translations and part of speech, across 5 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Body Basics

A1–A2
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
eargwinounA1
eyenunnounA1
handsonnounA1
head머리meorinounA1
leg다리darinounA1
mouthipnounA1
nosekonounA1
toe발가락balgaraknounA2

Body Intermediate

A1–A2
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
armpalnounA1
boneppyeonounA1
neckmoknounA1
shoulder어깨eokkaenounA1
ankle발목balmoknounA2
bloodpinounA2
chest가슴gaseumnounA2

Body Advanced

A1–A2
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
hair머리카락meorikaraknounA1
knee무릎mureupnounA1
face얼굴eolgulnounA2

Anatomy

A2
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
cheekbolnounA2
chinteoknounA2
lip입술ipsulnounA2

Internal Organs

A1
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
brainnoenounA1

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The body packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

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