6/4/2021 Hanja Lesson 9: 江, 水, 川, 冷, 本

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In this lesson, you will learn five words that all relate to water in one way or
another. Most very simple, all very common.

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江 = 강 = River

(Korean name: 강 강)

Whenever you see “氵” the meaning of the character usually relates to water in
some way. 江 is very easy to remember because of this water designation, plus
the “工” part of the character looks like a flowing to me. The “工” part of the
character actually has a purpose of indicating pronunciation in Chinese, but for
the casual learner of Hanja (at this point), you don’t need to worry about it.

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Common Words using this Character:

江 = river

漢江 = the Han River

江北 = north of the river

江口 = a mouth of a river (estuary)

江南 = popular district in Seoul (Gangnam) “south of the river”

For the first time, all the words above contain only Hanja characters! Woohoo!

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水 = 수 = Water

(Korean name: 물 수)

Whereas 江 specifically refers to a river, 水 refers to water in general.

Common Words using this Character:

SENTENCE PRACTICE
음료水 = drink/beverage

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향水 = perfume

생水 = natural/spring water

호水 = lake

홍水 = flood

水분 = moisture

폐水 = waste water

水해 = water damage

水영 = swimming
DICTATION PRACTICE
水요日 = Wednesday
VIDEOS
下水 = sewage

上水 = water that one uses through plumbing (it comes up [上] through the
pipes)

Notice that it becomes increasingly easier to understand the meaning of a

character in a word if you know the meaning of the other characters and the
translation in English. For example, “廢水” (폐수) means “waste water.” Through VOCABULARY PRACTICE
this, you can easily deduce that the meaning of the character “廢” means “waste.” VIDEOS

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川= 천 = Stream
KOREAN SIGN
(Korean name: 내 천) EXPLANATION

Actually, this character is not found in very many common Korean words.
Drawing this character however is very easy – and with its relation to “water”
words, I decided to introduce it in this lesson.

The picture is supposed to represent a flowing stream.

Common Words using this Character:

인川 = the city of Incheon

개川 = a small stream

청계川 = the name of a (man-made) stream in the center of Seoul

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冷 = 냉/랭 = Cold

(Korean name: 찰 랭)

Not to get on a whole Korean language history lesson here, but traditional
Korean words didn’t have “ㄹ” as the first letter in a syllable of a word. Instead, it
was pronounced as “ㄴ.” So, depending on the position of this character, it could
be pronounced as “냉” or “랭”. Note that newer words that have made their way
into the Korean language borrowed from other languages can have “ㄹ” as the
first letter of the word (for example, 라면, 라디오, etc…). Used to indicate that
something is cold.

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Common Words using this Character:

冷면 = Naeng-myeon (cold noodle dish)

冷장고 = refrigerator

冷동실 = freezer

冷방 = air conditioning

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本 = 본 = Origin

(Korean name: 밑 본)

Not entirely related to water, but water has to originate from somewhere, right?
No? Haha, anyways, a very common character that is also found in the name of
“Japan.”

Common Words using this Character:

日本 = Japan (day origin)

日本人 = Japanese person

本래 = originally

원本 = an original document

기本 = basic/fundamental

근本 = root, basis

자本 = capital (in business)

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