Korean Family Vocabulary

The 20 beginner words (A1–A2) for family, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Family Basics

A1
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
brotherhyeongnounA1
daughterttalnounA1
father아버지abeojinounA1
grandfather할아버지harabeojinounA1
grandmother할머니halmeoninounA1
mother어머니eomeoninounA1
sister여동생yeodongsaengnounA1
son아들adeulnounA1

Family Intermediate

A1
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
aunt이모imonounA1
child아이ainounA1
cousin사촌sachonnounA1
husband남편nampyeonnounA1
parent부모bumonounA1
uncle삼촌samchonnounA1
wife아내anaenounA1

Family Advanced

A2
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
ancestor조상josangnounA2
generation세대sedaenounA2

Life Events

A1–A2
EnglishKoreanTypeLevel
birth출생chulsaengnounA1
childhood어린 시절eorin sijeolnounA2
death죽음jugeumnounA2

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 family 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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