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# korean

«korean» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or about Korea, a peninsula in East Asia that is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Korean); noun (a Korean, Koreans; Korean — the language)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Korean means from or about Korea, a peninsula in East Asia that is divided into two countries, South Korea and North Korea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#m1)

2) A Korean is a person from Korea or with Korean family roots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#m2)

3) Korean is the language spoken in Korea, written with an alphabet called Hangul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and culture lessons, pupils learn about Korean food (kimchi, rice, bibimbap), festivals, the Hangul alphabet and K-pop music. Many people in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have Korean families. Phrases: Korean food, Korean language, South Korean, Korean War (in history).

### examples

- Kimchi is a spicy Korean dish made from cabbage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#x1)
- My friend Ji-woo speaks Korean at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#x2)
- The Korean alphabet is called Hangul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#x3)
- Seoul is the capital of South Korea, and many Koreans live there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#x4)
- We listened to a Korean song in music class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#x5)
- The restaurant serves Korean barbecue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/#x6)

### note

Always a capital K. Korean is not the same as Chinese or Japanese; they are different languages and countries. Use «South Korean» or «North Korean» when the country matters.

### In the corpora

- ["Police action" is an old US official name for a war, such as the Korean War.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «korean» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/korean/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.