6/4/2021 Hanja Lesson 7: 王, 天, 手, 字, 員

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In the previous Lesson, I mentioned that I always try to introduce groups of

characters that share a similar theme in the same lesson. The theme in this lesson
has nothing to do with the meaning of the characters. Instead, all the characters
in this lesson are easy to draw. Of course, because you are still at Lesson 7, each
character is very common in and around Korea. Because of their simplicity, the
characters in this lesson are recognized by the majority of Koreans.

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王 = 왕 = King

(Korean name: 임금 왕)

There are a few words that contain this character, but it is usually just used by
itself to mean “king.” There are a few other words that you may find, but there
usage is fairly limited (how often would you say “king’s chamber”?). Nonetheless,
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this is one of the most recognizable characters in Korea, and is very simple to
draw.

Common Words using this Character:

Chinese Name
王 = king
Translation
세종大王 = Sejong the great (“big king”)

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女王 = queen (female king)

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天 = 천 = Heaven

(Korean name: 하늘 천)

Another common character with a simple meaning that is easy to draw. OPEN

Common Words using this Character:

天국 = heaven (heaven country)

天下 = the world (below heaven)

天사 = an angel

天주교 = the Catholic Church SENTENCE PRACTICE

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手 = 수 = Hand

(Korean name: 손 수)

While this character technically means “hand,” you can find it in a number of DICTATION PRACTICE
words where the connection to a “hand” is not very apparent. For example, 手 is VIDEOS

found in the word “실수” (a mistake). However, it is hard to connect the word
“mistake” to a hand. Nonetheless, there are other words where the connection to
“hand” is more obvious. As with the other characters in this lesson, the simplicity
of 手 makes it very recognizable among Korean people.

VOCABULARY PRACTICE
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Common Words using this Character:

실手 = mistake

手술 = surgery

선手 = player/athlete

세手하다 = to wash one’s face with one’s hands

박手하다 (usually said as “박手 치다”) = to clap one’s hands

KOREAN SIGN
악手하다 = to shake hands
EXPLANATION
手건 = towel

手표 = a check

가手 = singer

Chinese Name Translation

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字 = 자 = Letter/Writing

(Korean name: 글자 자)

Literally the “자” in “한자.” Used in a variety of common words to have the
meaning of “letter” or “writing.” Also notice that this character contains “子” (아들
자) which is also pronounced as “자” .

Common Words using this Character:

글字 = letter, character

大문字 = upper-case letter

小문字 = lower-case letter

한字 = Korean Chinese characters

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員 = 원 = Person

(Korean name: 수효 원)
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The name of this character is “수효 원,” which translates to “number 원.” It would
be much better if this character was called “사람 원” because this character is
usually used to indicate that something is a person. Only in some words will you
see this character have the meaning of “number.”

You will often find this as the last character in a noun. The characters before “員”
are usually other Hanja characters that describe the type of person. For example,
“연구” means research, and can be represented as 硏究 in Hanja. By placing “員”
as the last character, we get “硏究員”, which means “researcher.”

Also notice that the picture itself actually looks like a person, which makes this an
easy character to remember.

Common Words using this Character:

직員 = employee/staff member

공무員 = government worker

회員 = member (of a gym, for example)

사員 = employee/staff member

종업員 = employee/worker

人員 = number of people

연구員 = researcher

의員 = member of some important government position (congress or something

similar)

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