Korean Hanja Roots: One Character, Ten Words

Korean absorbed thousands of Chinese-origin roots the way English absorbed Latin and Greek — learn the root once, and a whole family of words stops being random syllables.

Each page here takes one hanja root and shows the everyday Korean words built from it.

These work best in pairs and small clusters (고/저, 대/소) rather than one at a time — learning opposites together is what makes the pattern click, so open two or three related roots in one sitting.