Word origins

• hoppangA Korean steamed bun with red bean paste filling.
• hotteokA type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea.
• HuichonA municipal city in Chagang Province, North Korea.
• HungnamA district of Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
• Hunmin JeongeumThe phonetic script in which Korean is written, now usually called hangul.
• hwabyeongA Korean somatization disorder arising from repressed anger, with symptoms such as palpitations and insomnia.
• hwachaA mid-16th-century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder.
• HwadaeA county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
• hwagwanA Korean women's ceremonial coronet.
• HwamyeongA region of Buk-gu district, Busan, South Korea.
• HwangjuA county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
• HwaseongA city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
• hwatuHanafuda playing cards, especially hard plastic cards in a Korean style.
• hyangchalA method of using Chinese characters to write pure ancient Korean texts, used in Sillan hyangka / hyangga poetry. It is similar to the Japanese practice of Man'yōgana.
• hyanggaA form of ancient Korean poetry written using hyangchal.
• hyeonmi nokchaA Korean form of green tea combined with roasted brown rice.
• hyung lineThe elder members of a male K-pop group as a collective.
• IcheonA city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
• itwuA method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items.
• janggiA board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Korea.
• jangguA type of percussion instrument used in traditional Korean music.
• jangmadangA kind of local market or black market in North Korea that emerged since the famine in the 1990s.
• jangseungA kind of traditional Korean shamanistic totem pole.
• japchaeA Korean dish made of sweet-potato dangmyeon cellophane noodles, vegetables and other ingredients.
• jatjukA Korean congee made with pine nut.
• jeogoriA traditional Korean upper garment.
• JeonbukA special self-governing province in South Korea.
• jeonseA form of lease in the South Korean real estate market in which the lessee does not pay rent, but instead provides the landlord with a large lump sum deposit which is returned in full once the lease has determined, with the landlord profiting through investment of the deposit.
• jeotgalA Korean condiment made from salted fermented seafood.
• jesaA Korean memorial ceremony for the ancestors of the participants.
• Jindo IslandThe third-largest island of South Korea.
• JinjuA city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
• jjajangmyeonA Korean dish of noodles with a sauce made from black beans.
• jjamppongA spicy Korean soup with noodles and seafood.
• jjapaguriThe combination of Chapagetti (Nongshim's instant jjajangmyeon) and Neoguri (Nongshim's instant spicy seafood-flavor noodle).
• jjigaeA Korean stew, typically made with meat, seafood or vegetables in a seasoned broth and served boiling hot.
• jjimKorean dishes made by steaming or boiling marinated meat or fish
• jjimjilbangA type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.
• jjinppangA Korean steamed bun with azuki bean paste filling.
• jokduriA ceremonial crown worn by Korean women.
• jokguA Korean sport combining aspects of association football and volleyball or tennis.
• jorimA Korean dish of meat, fish, vegetables, etc. simmered in sauce.
• JoseonjokEthnic Koreans of Chinese nationality.
• Juche KoreaNorth Korea
• JukdoAn island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
• kagokA genre of Korean vocal music for mixed female and male voices. Accompaniments and interludes are played by a small ensemble of traditional Korean musical instruments
• kalbiA Korean barbecued rib dish, usually made from beef
• kalguksuA type of Korean noodle that is often cooked with seafood.
• KanggyeA city in Chagang Province, North Korea.
• kibunemotion; feeling; mood
• kijichonA camptown.
• kimbapA Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices.
• kimchi-jjigaeA Korean stew, a jjigae, or stew-like Korean dish, made with kimchi and other ingredients
• KimhyonggwonA county in southeastern Ryanggang Province, North Korea.
• kimuchiThe Japanese variation of the Korean dish kimchi, usually having a milder flavor.
• KiringulA cave in North Korea, said to have been the home of the mythical kirin.
• kisaengA member of a traditional Korean caste of female entertainers, whose work often included prostitution.
• kkachi durumagiA colorful durumagi (topcoat) traditionally worn by children on Lunar New Year's Day in Korea.
• kkakdugidiced (daikon) radish kimchi
• kkoktuA Korean funerary figure believed to protect, serve and care for the deceased in the immediate afterlife.
• kkwaenggwariA small brass gong used in Korean folk music
• KoksanA county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
• kongbapA Korean dish of white or brown rice cooked with soybeans.
• kongguksuA Korean dish that consists of noodles and soybeans.
• Korean WaveThe rise in popularity of South Korean popular culture in other countries since the 1990s.
• Koryo-marThe Korean dialect spoken in Russia and Central Asia.
• Koryo-saramEthnic Koreans residing in the post-Soviet states.
• kotjebiA homeless child in North Korea.
• kumdoA Korean martial art originating from Japanese kendo.
• KumgangA county of Kangwon Province, North Korea.
• kwallisoA labour and concentration camp operated by North Korea, especially used for political prisoners.
• KwangmyongThe national intranet service of North Korea opened in the early 2000s.
• kwukyelAbbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.
• kyohwasoA prison in North Korea used as a reeducation camp.
• KyongsongA county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
• KyongwonA county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
• Land of the Morning CalmKorea.
• MaekAn ancient people that inhabited the northern Korean Peninsula.
• maekjeokA Korean dish of grilled pork marinated in doenjang.
• makgeolliA traditional alcoholic beverage in Korea, made of rice.
• maknaeThe youngest member of an idol group.
• maknae lineThe younger members of a K-pop group as a collective.
• MangyongdaeA district of Pyongyang, North Korea.
• manhwaA comic originating in Korea.
• manhwagaA manhwa (Korean comic) author or artist.
• ManpoA municipal city in Chagang Province, North Korea.
• minjokpeople, ethnic group
• minjungIn South Korea, peasants or working-class people.
• mudangA Korean shaman, usually female, who acts as intercessor between a god or gods and human beings.
• mugunghwaThe plant Hibiscus syriacus or its flower; a national symbol of Korea.
• MuismKorean shamanism
• mukbangAn online video broadcast in which a person eats.
• murimthe subculture of the martial arts community
• Musu DanSynonym of Musu Point.
• Musu PointA cape in Hwadae, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, forming the northern end of the East Korea Bay.
• naengmyeonA Korean dish of long, thin hand-made noodles made from flour and starch from various ingredients.
• nagakA seashell horn used in the music of Korea.
• namaksinA traditional Korean raised wooden clog, made for wearing in muddy or rainy conditions.
• NampoA city in North Korea.
• namulIn Korean cuisine, any of various seasoned herbal dishes made from grasses, leaves, vegetables, etc.