hanok

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noun

A type of traditional Korean house first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon Dynasty.

OriginKorean 한옥(韓屋) →
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Meanings

nounhanok (plural hanoks)

plural hanoks

  1. architectureA type of traditional Korean house first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon Dynasty.
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    This is a country in thrall to the sheen of modernism in all its guises, from tech to architecture, yet the hanok—that exquisite traditional timber house with its swept-up roofs, complex carpentry and proportions wrapped up in Confucian principles—haunts the imagination of Korean artists and architects[…].

    2026 August 28, Edwin Heathcote, “The irresistible allure of the Korean hanok”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13

Origin

  1. Korean한옥(韓屋)
  2. Englishhanok

Borrowed from Korean 한옥(韓屋) (hanok).

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Translations

Korean 한옥
  • 한옥 (hanok)type of traditional Korean house

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

KohanhankoHokan
Cite this entry
APA

hanok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hanok

MLA

“hanok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hanok. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hanok,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hanok.

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