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National Institute of Korean Language (국립국어원) had released a list of 6000 most common and frequently used Korean words a few year back. These words were ranked according to their difficulty level and frequency of use.. This comprehensive research involved eminent scholars in the field of Korean language education

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1	것	A thing or an object
2	하다	To do
3	있다	To be
4	수	way, method, Number
5	하다	To do
6	나	I
7	없다	Do not exist, absent
8	않다	To not do
9	사람	Person
10	우리	we, our
11	그	He, That
12	아니다	To not be
13	보다	To try
14	거	thing
15	보다	To see
16	같다	To be similar
17	주다	To give, to do for a person
18	대하다	Face, confront
19	가다	To go
20	년	Year
21	한	One, a single
22	말	words,speaking
23	일	Work
24	이	A person, This
25	말하다	Speak
26	위하다	To do for the sake of
27	그러나	However or but still
28	오다	To come
29	알다	To know
30	씨	~ Mr.
31	그렇다	That is right or yes.
32	크다	To be big, large
33	일	One day
34	사회	culture,society
35	많다	many, much
36	안	~ not ~ + VERB
37	좋다	To be good
38	더	More
39	받다	Receive
40	그것	That thing
41	집	House
42	나오다	Come out
43	그리고	And or and then
44	문제	question,problem
45	그런	Such a
46	살다	To live
47	저	That
48	못하다	Be impossible
49	생각하다	To think
50	모르다	To not know
51	속	The inside
52	만들다	To make
53	데	Place, point, instance
54	앞	In front of, before
55	경우	A case or an instance
56	중	The center, the middle
57	어떤	What kind of, what sort of
58	잘	Well
59	그녀	She
60	먹다	Eat, chow down on
61	자신	one’s own self, one\’s own body
62	문화	culture
63	원	A unit of south korean money, KRW
64	생각	Thought
65	어떻다	how,what.. do you think of
66	명	Person counter
67	통하다	Run, lead; flow; go through
68	그러다	and so, and then, well
69	그러다	and so, and then, well
70	소리	A sound,noise
71	다시	Again
72	다른	Different
73	이런	Such, like this
74	여자	woman,female
75	개	Unit or piece
76	정도	grade,degree
77	다	All, everything
78	좀	A little
79	싶다	want,hope
80	보이다	see,catch sight of
81	가지다	To have or take or hold
82	함께	Together, with
83	아이	Child
84	지나다	pass,elapse,go on
85	많이	A lot
86	시간	Time
87	너	You
88	인간	A person, a human being
89	사실	The truth, a fact
90	나다	To be born
91	이렇다	Like this
92	어머니	Mom
93	눈	Eyes
94	뭐	Huh? (2) something
95	점	Store
96	의하다	To be due to, owing to
97	시대	An age,period
98	다음	Next
99	이러하다	Be this way, be like follows
100	누구	Who
101	곳	Place
102	여러	many,various
103	안	Inside
104	하나	One
105	세계	World
106	버리다	(following a verb) the verb\’s action is over, perhaps in a sad way
107	위	The upper part, above
108	운동	Motion, movement
109	퍼센트	Percent
110	학교	School
111	자기	Oneself, number one, numerouno, self
112	가장	Most
113	대통령	The president
114	가지	One of the kind or a sort
115	시작하다	To start,begin
116	바로	Right, correctly
117	어느	Some, a certain
118	그래서	And so accordingly
119	무엇	That thing,whatever
120	정부	Government
121	모든	Every one
122	번	Number, how many times
123	그거	That thing
124	돈	Money
125	국가	A state or a nation
126	그런데	But or however
127	날	Day
128	여기	A hobby
129	모두	Everybody
130	여성	Female
131	친구	A friend
132	마음	Heart
133	후	After
134	놓다	Put, place
135	관계	Connection or relation
136	아버지	Father
137	남자	Boy
138	어디	Where?
139	몸	body,physique
140	얼굴	Face
141	왜	Why?
142	나타나다	Come out, appear
143	지역	An area, region
144	다르다	Be different
145	모습	shape,body
146	물	Water
147	만나다	Meet
148	내다	produce something
149	보이다	show,let see
150	쓰다	To write
151	이것	This thing
152	없이	Without
153	이번	This time
154	길	Road
155	생활	lifestyle,livelihood
156	쓰다	Take (medicine)
157	뿐	only,alone,merely
158	사이	space between 2 points; the relationship between 2 people
159	방법	Way, method
160	새롭다	To be new,novel
161	내다	to see through, to make it through sth
162	앉다	To sit down
163	처음	First
164	손	The hand
165	몇	A few
166	그때	Then or at that time
167	과정	Process or course
168	삶	Life
169	갖다	To hold
170	찾다	seek,look for
171	특히	Especially
172	시	Time
173	이상	More than, above
174	지금	Now
175	나가다	To go out
176	이야기	Conversation, talk
177	교육	Education
178	사다	To buy, purchase
179	경제	Economy
180	아직	Still
181	잡다	seize,catch
182	같이	Together
183	선생님	Teacher
184	예술	Art, an art
185	서다	To stand
186	못	Cannot
187	역사	History
188	읽다	To read
189	결과	Result
190	내용	Contents
191	물론	Of course
192	책	A book
193	일어나다	To rise, get up
194	당신	Formal you
195	시장	market,fair
196	넣다	Put in, set in
197	중요하다	To be important,weighty
198	무슨	What, what kind of
199	느끼다	To feel
200	어렵다	To be hard, difficult
201	힘	Power
202	너무	Too much
203	나라	A country
204	부르다	To call
205	의미	A meaning, a sense
206	자리	seat,spot
207	밝히다	To light up
208	죽다	die,pass away
209	이미	Already
210	쪽	Way, direction
211	정치	Politics
212	국민	The people or a nationality
213	생명	Life
214	얘기	Story
215	학생	Student
216	연구	Research
217	엄마	Mamma
218	이름	Name
219	하나	One
220	내리다	Descend
221	사건	An event,incident
222	및	As well as
223	쉽다	To be easy
224	짓다	To make, build ; to form a line (a group)
225	이유	Reason
226	필요하다	To need
227	글	words, a verse
228	생기다	arise,occur,happen
229	사용하다	To use
230	남편	Husband
231	밖	The outside
232	세상	The world,society
233	작다	Small
234	타다	Ride (bus)
235	대학	University
236	작품	A work of art
237	상황	State of things
238	가운데	In the middle
239	보내다	Send
240	즉	namely,that is to say
241	상태	condition,state
242	이후	After that
243	당시	At that time
244	문학	Literature
245	더욱	More and more
246	아주	Extremely
247	지방	A locality, district
248	밤	Night
249	높다	High
250	최근	Recently
251	채	As it is, no change
252	현실	Actuality, reality
253	환경	Environment
254	컴퓨터	Computer
255	먼저	First
256	다니다	Go to and from a aplace
257	얼마나	How many, how much
258	자체	one’s own body
259	열다	Open
260	머리	Head
261	묻다	to Ask
262	남다	Remain, be left over
263	부분	part,portion
264	기업	An enterprise or business
265	변화	Change, transformation
266	아들	son,baby
267	아	Oh dear
268	선거	An election
269	관하다	Refer to or be about
270	분	Minutes
271	그냥	Just because or in that condition
272	나누다	To divide
273	이용하다	To use, make use of
274	거의	Almost or nearly
275	곧	Soon
276	중심	The nucleus, the focus, the heart
277	활동	Activity
278	오늘	Today
279	서로	mutually,one another
280	관심	Concern or interest
281	역시	As expected, likewise
282	이거	This thing
283	애	A baby, or a slightly derogative word for person
284	광고	Advertisement
285	나다	To come out, grow, spring up
286	방	A room
287	정신	mind,spirit
288	이르다	To reach, arrive, get at
289	이루다	Accomplish, complete
290	아침	Morning
291	웃다	To laugh, smile
292	현상	The present situation, state
293	기술	Art or technique or ability
294	전체	The whole, the entire section
295	그래	So or yes or that’s right
296	얻다	Get, obtain
297	아름답다	To be beautiful
298	끝	The end
299	민족	race,nation,people
300	간	The interval between
301	조사	investigation,inquiry
302	듯	To be like something
303	입	Mouth
304	뭐	Huh? (2) something
305	그대로	Like that
306	영화	A movie
307	필요	Need, requirement,necessity
308	줄	way,method
309	하늘	The sky
310	년대	Year
311	과학	Science
312	자연	Nature
313	정말	Really
314	구조	Construction or structure
315	결국	After all or in the end
316	밥	Rice, a meal
317	입다	To wear
318	오히려	Rather,preferably
319	프로그램	Program
320	네	Yes
321	이루어지다	Get accomplished, achieved
322	남	Others, other people
323	하루	A day
324	그림	A picture
325	적	The time,the occasion,when
326	터	one’s status, one’s lot
327	마시다	To drink
328	치다	to attack, assault
329	혼자	Alone
330	나가다	To advance, proceed, go forward
331	이제	Now
332	교수	Teaching or instruction
333	술	Alcohol
334	사랑	Love
335	전화	Telephone
336	끝나다	To draw to a close or to end
337	맞다	Be right, correct; to match, be fitting for
338	아빠	Dad
339	걸리다	To be hung up or suspended
340	지키다	Protect, maintain
341	한번	Once
342	커피	Coffee
343	가슴	Chest
344	길다	To be long
345	바라보다	Look at, watch ; to look forward to, hope for
346	알아보다	To investigate, examine, search
347	맛	Flavor
348	대부분	Most
349	산업	Industry
350	매우	Very
351	오르다	Go up, climb, ascend
352	음식	Food
353	표정	Facial expression, look
354	꼭	For sure
355	일부	A part, a portion
356	요즘	Recently, nowadays
357	계획	A plan or a project
358	느낌	Touch, feel
359	얼마	How many, how much
360	고개	The nape of the neck
361	성격	Personality ; character, nature
362	계속	Continuously
363	세기	Century
364	세우다	Stand up, erect
365	아내	Wife
366	가족	Family
367	현재	The present time, now, at present
368	세	Three
369	발전	Development
370	차	A vehicle, train/auto car
371	놀다	Play, amuse oneself
372	향하다	To face, look out on
373	관련	Relation or connection or reference
374	형태	Form, shape
375	각	Each or every
376	도시	City
377	작업	Work
378	분위기	atmosphere,surroundings
379	그러하다	To be so or right
380	나이	Age
381	우선	First of all, before everything
382	믿다	Believe
383	바꾸다	change,exchange
384	낳다	To give birth
385	바	A thing, what
386	정보	information,intelligence
387	열리다	Open, be opened, be unlocked
388	좋아하다	To like, be fond of
389	그리다	Picture or draw a picture
390	만큼	Of that amount
391	배우다	To learn
392	시	Poetry, lines of verse
393	역할	A part, a role
394	옆	Next to
395	행동	Action, behavior
396	어	Oh, well, why
397	국내	Inside the country
398	비하다	Compare to
399	기관	An engine or a machine
400	입장	A position, situation
401	만하다	Be of the extent of
402	예	Example
403	아래	The bottom, the lower part
404	방식	A form, method, process
405	영향	Influence, consequences
406	그럼	Certainly or of course.
407	나서다	Come out, come forth
408	흐르다	Flow, stream
409	저	Uh, well, …
410	깊다	Deep
411	배	A boat (boating)
412	내	Inside
413	모양	A shape, form
414	산	A mountain
415	새	New
416	하지만	But, nevertheless
417	조건	condition,stipulation
418	문	Door
419	꽃	Flower
420	단계	A step, phase
421	올리다	Raise, lift up
422	그동안	During that time
423	교사	Instructor
424	갑자기	Suddenly
425	넘다	Cross or go across
426	지니다	Carry with, hold, possess
427	바람	Wind
428	잘하다	To do well
429	마을	Town
430	어리다	To be very young, juvenile
431	대표	Representative
432	가능성	Possibility
433	방향	Direction
434	대회	A great meeting
435	목소리	Voice
436	노래	Song
437	바다	Sea
438	힘들다	To be hard, difficult
439	공부	Study
440	움직이다	To move, stir
441	의원	A member
442	노력	Effort
443	전혀	entirely,utterly,completely
444	언니	Older sister
445	단체	A corps, a group
446	분	One part
447	알려지다	To become known
448	가능하다	To be possible
449	능력	Ability, capability, how much and how well
450	주장하다	To assert,maintain
451	자식	one’s children
452	불	Fire
453	주민	inhabitants,dwellers
454	모으다	gather,get together
455	자료	materials,data
456	존재	Existence
457	학년	A school year
458	신문	A newspaper
459	가지다	Entertain or hold or have
460	이해하다	To understand
461	제품	Manufactured goods
462	분야	Field
463	선생	Teacher
464	사업	Business
465	행위	An act, deed, behavior
466	수준	Level
467	지난해	Last year
468	표현	Verbal expression, representation, manifestation
469	기분	Mood
470	대	Era, period
471	젊다	To be young,youthful
472	옷	Clothes
473	기능	Function or functionality
474	순간	A moment,a second
475	전쟁	War
476	전	Before
477	꿈	A Dream
478	할머니	Grandmother
479	회의	A meeting, a conference
480	방송	Broadcast
481	이야기하다	To talk
482	나무	Tree
483	자다	To sleep
484	연극	drama,a play
485	마찬가지	The same
486	걷다	To walk
487	노동	Labor, work
488	이때	At this time, moment
489	과거	The past
490	가치	Price
491	시간	a Length of time (한시간 동안)
492	집단	A group, a collective body
493	현대	The present age, times
494	살펴보다	Watch closely
495	장관	A government cabinet minister
496	차이	difference,disparity
497	풀다	Untie, loosen ; to melt into
498	시절	season,time,occasion
499	물건	A thing
500	직접	Directly
501	개인	Private or individual
502	근데	But or however
503	발	Foot
504	작가	writer,author
505	효과	Effect, effectiveness
506	불교	Buddhism
507	끌다	Pull
508	대로	Like, according to
509	빨리	Quickly
510	시작되다	To begin,start
511	말다	Cease
512	설명하다	To explain
513	우주	The universe
514	시기	An opportunity,chance
515	마치	As though, as if
516	살	Years old
517	생산	1) production 2)birth
518	바라다	Wish, hope
519	강하다	To be strong or powerful
520	경험	Experience or undergo or suffer
521	음악	Music
522	최고	The best
523	나타내다	Show, display
524	아프다	To hurt
525	적다	To be small, few in number
526	비	Rain
527	고향	Hometown
528	놀라다	Be surprised
529	다양하다	To be various, diverse
530	울다	To cry, weep
531	농민	A farmer
532	은행	A bank
533	지내다	To pass, spend time
534	결혼	Marriage
535	법	A law, the law
536	소설	A novel, fiction story
537	예	Yes, certainly, right
538	오후	The afternoon
539	질서	Order, system
540	담다	Put in a bottle
541	모이다	Meet, assemble
542	시민	Residents of a city
543	회장	Chariman, the president
544	빠르다	Be fast, quick
545	스스로	On its own, of its own free will
546	아기	baby,infant
547	아저씨	Sir, calling an unknown male
548	옛날	Ancient times, antiquity
549	이날	Today, this day
550	제대로	As properly is suitable
551	달	The moon
552	던지다	To throw
553	참	really,truly
554	공간	Space or room
555	이곳	This place, here
556	마지막	Last, final
557	벌이다	(1) to plan to start a job/project (2) to play a table game
558	병원	Hospital
559	자세	Position, posture
560	강조하다	Place empasis upon
561	경찰	The police
562	맡다	Take charge of
563	저녁	Evening
564	한편	One side, one way
565	그러면	If so or if that is the case
566	기자	A journalist
567	넓다	Broad
568	시험	A test
569	잠	Sleep
570	주로	principally,mainly
571	훨씬	By far, very much so
572	면	Side
573	통일	Unification
574	건강	Health
575	가깝다	Close
576	건물	Building
577	시설	establishment,institution
578	외국	A foreign country
579	밑	The bottom
580	어른	A man, an adult
581	주변	A circumference
582	대신	Instead of
583	원인	A cause,a factor
584	팔다	To sell
585	차례	(1) order,precedence (2) one time, one round
586	군	An army
587	열심히	Enthusiastically,with zeal
588	일하다	To work, labor
589	재산	property,fortune, assets, possessions
590	팀	Team
591	부모	Parents
592	약간	Somewhat
593	언어	language,speech
594	요구하다	To demand,claim,request
595	올라가다	To go up, ascend
596	첫	First
597	감독	The director
598	그날	That day or that same day
599	사실	Actually, really
600	자주	Always, constantly
601	당하다	Have, encounter
602	삼다	Make a thing of
603	약	About, approximately
604	기간	A period or a time or
605	담배	Tobacco
606	일으키다	Riase, get up; start, commence
607	일단	Temporarily
608	할아버지	Grandfather
609	조직	Organization (composition, structure)
610	태어나다	To be born, see the light of day
611	공장	Construction site
612	벌써	Already
613	즐기다	Enjoy oneself,take pleasure,delight
614	지	since,from
615	환자	A patient
616	변하다	Change
617	사고	An accident
618	그래도	All the same
619	아무리	However much
620	맞추다	Adjust, adapt
621	쌀	Uncooked rice
622	일반	universal,common,usual
623	재미있다	interesting,fun
624	가르치다	To teach
625	대화	Conversation
626	막다	Stop, obstruct
627	올해	This year
628	형	An elder brother
629	달리	Differently
630	버리다	Throw away
631	붙이다	affix,put on
632	인물	A man, a person
633	늘	Always
634	모두	everything
635	전국	The whole country
636	마치다	Finish, complete
637	전	all,every
638	다만	Only, merely
639	도움	Help
640	가정	Famly
641	걸다	Hang up or suspend
642	빠지다	To fall into
643	멀다	To be far
644	버스	Bus
645	오늘날	These days, nowadays
646	잠시	For a little while
647	농업	Agriculture
648	대다	Put, place up to
649	식	form,style
650	의견	An opinion,a suggestion
651	무대	Stage
652	사진	Picture
653	주장	assertion,insistance
654	표현하다	To express, make known by saying
655	인하다	To be due to, caused by
656	이상하다	To be strange,queer
657	제일	The first
658	붙다	Stick, adhere to
659	아마	Probably
660	얘기하다	To tell a story
661	잇다	Join, connect
662	조금	A little
663	경기	Race or match or contest
664	목적	goal,purpose
665	태도	attitude,comportment
666	남성	Male
667	주위	The circumference,the girth
668	대책	Countermeasure
669	그만	That much or a little amount
670	발생하다	Originate, come from
671	다리	Leg
672	아무	anybody,everybody
673	어쩌다	By chance, accident
674	재료	stuff,material
675	각각	Each and every
676	결코	Never or by no means
677	옮기다	Move, transfer (2)(sickness) communicate, transfer to
678	항상	Always
679	해	A year
680	잃다	To lose, to miss, to be deprived
681	자유	Freedom
682	책임	Responsibility
683	바뀌다	Be changed
684	비슷하다	To resemble
685	심하다	To be extreme,intense
686	경쟁	Competition or rivalry
687	사랑하다	To love
688	아니	No!
689	여름	summer,summertime
690	자라다	To grow up
691	회	A time, an inning, a round in a game
692	구체적	Concretely
693	기회	An opportunity
694	실시하다	To enforce,put into effect
695	지구	The earth
696	번째	How many times
697	소비자	A consumer
698	싫다	To not like, to hate
699	규모	Scale or scope or structure
700	기준	A standard or basis
701	말	End
702	반드시	Most certainly
703	셈	An intention,design,purpose
704	갖추다	Make or get ready or prepare
705	그러니까	And so it is that
706	받아들이다	Accept
707	값	Price
708	현장	on site, on location, at the site in question
709	건설	Construction
710	꺼내다	To get out or draw out
711	노동자	Laborer, worker
712	언제나	everytime,always
713	완전히	completely,perfectly
714	자동차	Car
715	전하다	To transmit,convey
716	존재하다	To exist
717	개월	Each and every month
718	맞다	receive,welcome (note, usually this is 맞히다)
719	별로	Especially, particularly
720	어린이	A youngster, a child
721	정하다	To set,determine
722	한마디	One word
723	유지하다	To preserve, maintain
724	이데올로기	Ideology
725	공부하다	To study
726	대중	The masses
727	늘어나다	Grow longer
728	닦다	Wipe clean, polish
729	만	As many as, full, complete
730	말씀	Speech
731	괜찮다	To be okay
732	눈물	A tear
733	각종	All sorts or varieties
734	빛	Light
735	아니	Not
736	피하다	avoid,keep away
737	거치다	Pass or go through
738	나아가다	Advance, go forward
739	야	(Word to get somebody’s attention) Hey!! (2) impolite speech for 이다, to be
740	지식	Knowledge, information
741	여전히	As it used to be, as before ; still, persistently, even still
742	주인	The head of a family,the owner
743	발견하다	To discover
744	선	A line, a route
745	인류	The human race
746	특징	A special feature, a distinguishing feature
747	선수	An athlete
748	형식	A form, formality, mold
749	마련하다	To plan, arrange
750	반	Half
751	발표하다	To announce
752	주제	Subject, theme, topic
753	걸치다	1) put a thing over or across 2) to range from A to B
754	겪다	Experience or undergo or suffer
755	관점	A point of view or a standpoint/outlook
756	귀	Ear
757	기본	A foundation
758	미터	Meter
759	사라지다	To disappear
760	어떠하다	To be how
761	감정	Feelings
762	기억	A memory
763	놈	A fellow
764	인기	Popularity
765	배	Abdomen
766	아파트	Apartment
767	가끔	Sometimes
768	구성	Organization or constitution , the framework of something
769	술	Spoonful
770	실제로	In reality
771	짧다	Short, brief
772	고맙다	To thank
773	관리	Management or administration
774	그곳	That place
775	보다	More than, greater than ….
776	비롯하다	begin,start
777	과연	Just as one thought
778	달리다	run, make do fast
779	바쁘다	Busy
780	이전	Former days/times
781	인정하다	To acknowledge,authorize
782	자	A person
783	중앙	The middle and the heart
784	나쁘다	To be bad
785	불구하다	Deformity, malformation
786	시키다	To make
787	게임	Game
788	국제	International
789	그룹	Group
790	인생	Life
791	전통	tradition,convention
792	기르다	Educate or train or cultivate
793	잔	A cup, wine glass
794	조사하다	To examine,investigate
795	커다랗다	To be very big/large
796	있다	To be
797	시인	A poet
798	언제	when,at what time
799	외	Except, save for
800	평가	Evaluation, appraisal
801	내려오다	Come down
802	위치	A position, a location
803	줄이다	reduce,decrease
804	가격	Price
805	달라지다	To change, vary
806	비다	To be empty, vacant
807	삼국	Three countries
808	손님	Customer
809	원하다	To want
810	통신	communications,correspondance
811	확인하다	To confirm,corroborate
812	모임	A group, a party
813	수	The number of sth
814	웃음	Laughter, a smile
815	기계	An instrument or a machine
816	모양	signs,indications
817	물질	matter,material
818	아나운서	Announcer
819	뉴스	News
820	살아가다	Lead a life, get along
821	펴다	Spread out, unfold
822	배	Times, x-fold
823	수업	school,teaching
824	겨울	Winter
825	종교	religion,a faith
826	층	floor,grade,class
827	자연스럽다	To be natural
828	장	One piece of sth flat
829	식사	A meal
830	안다	To hold, embrace
831	이해	Understanding
832	잊다	To forget
833	제시하다	To present
834	반	Group, company, party
835	불과하다	Nothing more than
836	혹은	If that’s not the case
837	엄청나다	To be absurd,wild,terribly large
838	편	Direction, way (the wind is blowing that ~)
839	텔레비전	Television
840	파악하다	Grasp, seize, understand
841	편	Compilation, editing
842	실천	Practice
843	노력하다	To try hard, strive
844	보호	protection,shelter
845	씻다	To wash,cleanse
846	늦다	To be late (time)
847	이웃	The neighborhood
848	편지	Letter
849	공동	Association or union or collaboration
850	까닭	Reason
851	방안	A plan, scheme
852	센티미터	Centimeter
853	팔	An arm
854	분명하다	To be clear/obvious
855	분석	Analysis
856	소녀	A young girl
857	지나가다	To pass, elapse
858	차	order,sequence,degree
859	상품	Product
860	설명	Explanation
861	훌륭하다	To be excellent
862	관계자	The interested or affected parties
863	새로	newly,anew
864	세	Age in years
865	이어지다	Get joined, be connected
866	티브이	TV
867	봄	Spring
868	종류	kind,sort,species
869	낮다	Be low
870	어깨	Shoulder
871	부부	Man and wife
872	오래	Long, for a long time
873	요구	A demand, claim, request
874	키우다	To raise, bring up, rear
875	눕다	Lie down
876	발전하다	To develop, grow
877	여행	Trip
878	죽음	Death
879	고통	Suffering or agony
880	공	Ball
881	어울리다	To be becoming, suiting
882	오월	May
883	쉬다	to relax, take a break
884	알리다	To inform, tell a person
885	차다	To be full, to be filled with (PASSIVE)
886	과	A lesson or a section or a department
887	멀리	Far away
888	빼다	Pull out, extract
889	예정	A program, schedule
890	오빠	Older brother
891	즐겁다	Be pleasant,agreeable
892	한계	Boundary, limits
893	흔히	Generally, commonly ; often
894	바탕	Natural disposition ; to go all out in a fight, 아주 크게 싸우다 ; the background
895	사월	April
896	싸우다	To fight
897	예쁘다	Pretty, lovely
898	갈등	Conflict or troubles
899	느껴지다	Feel
900	의지	will,volition
901	전문	A specialty
902	정확하다	To be exact
903	초기	The early days, the initial period
904	나중	The last, the latter part
905	맛있다	Delicious
906	며칠	How many days
907	쓴 맛	see 6000
908	찾아오다	To go meet somebody, to go get sth
909	미	beauty,grace
910	사용	use,emply
911	시선	one’s line of vision
912	아무런	No sort of
913	언론	A speech, discussion
914	투자	Investment
915	지원	helping, supporting, aiding
916	결정하다	To decide
917	경영	Management or administration
918	목표	goal,object
919	성장	Growth
920	숲	Forest
921	없어지다	To lose, get lost
922	작년	Last year
923	내려가다	To go down
924	미치다	To reach
925	새벽	dawn,daybreak
926	쓰레기	Garbage
927	얼른	Fast, quickly, rapidly
928	임금	Wages, pay
929	피해	Damage
930	한	A limit
931	무섭다	fearful,dreadful
932	직장	one’s work place
933	참다	Bear, endure
934	크기	Size, dimensions
935	고기	Meat
936	남기다	To leave behind
937	서양	The Western countries
938	주요	The major, the chief thing
939	가져오다	To bring or get
940	냄새	Smell
941	부드럽다	soft,tender
942	여기다	Think, consider as
943	이	this,this thing
944	공연	A public performance
945	남녀	Man and woman
946	내놓다	Put out, take out
947	만들어지다	Make, create
948	속도	Speed
949	심각하다	seriousness,gravity
950	준비	Preparation
951	계속되다	To continue
952	구월	September
953	맑다	clean,pure
954	소년	A boy
955	소식	News, information
956	유월	June
957	작용	Application
958	허리	The waist, the small of the back
959	골	Goal
960	공업	The industry or manufacturing industry
961	그중	Among the rest of them
962	노인	Old person
963	벌다	To earn (money) ; (2) to invite, to bring onto oneself
964	살리다	1) revive, bring around, restore to life 2) save,spare,rescue
965	새	A bird
966	영어	The english language
967	출신	A native, place one is from
968	결정	A decision or determination
969	경향	Tendency or trend
970	기록	A record or a document
971	나름	Depending on
972	대답하다	To answer, reply
973	반면	One side
974	썰다	Chip, mince,dice
975	움직임	movement,motion,activity
976	이미지	Image
977	터지다	Break, be torn, get away from
978	특성	A special/unique characteristic (individuality making, peculiarity)
979	교장	Principal
980	벗다	Take off, remove
981	업무	Buisness, duty
982	입시	An entrance examination
983	준비하다	To prepare
984	청소년	Young boys and girls, teenagers
985	응	Yes, i see!
986	이기다	To win
987	찾아보다	To go meet somebody
988	취하다	To adopt, assume, take
989	다루다	Treat, deal with
990	달	The moon
991	사장	Company boss
992	삼월	March
993	그렇지만	But or however
994	선배	one’s senior
995	업체	A business enterprise
996	키	stature,height
997	구하다	1) To buy or purchase or 2) look for or seek or want
998	국회	The National Assembly
999	그러므로	So or hence or therefore
1000	포함하다	To include,contain

Check the other parts here:- Second Part,Third Part, Fourth Part, Fifth Part and Sixth Part.
Credit: The English Translation of the words have been done by ezcorean.com. It’s a great site and you should check it. I am thankful to ezcorean for making it available for free use.

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Thanks a lot for the vocab, but can u make it on a word or excell file and upload it, so we can download all the vocab at once~
I try to copy it, but it doesn’t make a table like that~
Please,,,,
Thanks before

Sakina Mawardah

TOPIK GUIDE says:

August 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM

Sure.. I was already thinking of doing that..
Will upload the files soon.
Thank you

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- Leandra Aiden says:
  
  August 10, 2012 at 3:51 PM
  
  Thank you~
  You’re the best~
  🙂
  
  Reply
- Leandra Aiden says:
  
  August 10, 2012 at 3:55 PM
  
  Please don’t upload it on 4shared…
  There is some place who can’t download from 4shared….
  I recommend Mediafire~
  😀
  
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  - TOPIK GUIDE says:
    
    August 10, 2012 at 7:58 PM
    
    Thank you Leandra…
    I will upload right here on TOPIK GUIDE website… 🙂
    
    Reply
  - Philipp Grunwald says:
    
    August 16, 2012 at 9:10 AM
    
    Lendra, just use Dropbox: https://db.tt/le6HQJf 🙂
    
    Reply
TOPIK GUIDE says:

August 26, 2012 at 7:05 PM

You can get the download link of the word file on this page:
https://www.topikguide.com/2012/08/korean-frequency-list-top-6000-words.html

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- Deah Kaye L. Mosawan says:
  
  January 21, 2017 at 10:07 AM
  
  Thanks for the list but i need the pronounciation..
  
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steventaro says:

October 19, 2017 at 5:11 PM

If you guys want to download this list, just save as html page to your desktop, then open it with a text editor and you can see the html. Delete out all the code and use “find replace” that some text editors have to remove the code that repeats in between words. In this case, some kind of find replace like

”

to

“: ”

might be what you want. If u want a powerful text editor, download sublime text for free.

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Hi.

I put the six lists on http://www.memrise.com. It is a free site for learning vocabulary.

First list is here> https://www.memrise.com/set/10050049/1000-most-common-korean-words/

Enjoy studying

Tobiii says:

July 6, 2013 at 4:31 PM

Well, while using that list we figured out is full of bugs and wrong definitions 🙁

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Hi!
Thanks a lot for this list!
I have downloaded this list but it’s fonts are not understandable. would you like to do tell me how can i curb this problem?

TOPIK GUIDE says:

October 22, 2012 at 3:28 PM

You can get the download link of the word file on this page:
https://www.topikguide.com/2012/08/korean-frequency-list-top-6000-words.html

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- Saumya says:
  
  October 25, 2012 at 1:50 AM
  
  thanks!
  
  Reply
- Ivan says:
  
  June 11, 2015 at 7:33 AM
  
  Thanks for the list, but i notice that it has slightly fewer than 6000 words, closer to 5666. It seems like the last entry is “5666 남산 Mountain in south central seoul”, how come?
  
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what is the different between anida and anda

TOPIK GUIDE says:

November 7, 2012 at 4:37 PM

아니다 is used with nouns; 않다 is used with verbs…
Ex:
This is not a book. 이것은 책이 아닙니다.
I don’t eat meat. 저는 고기를 먹지 않습니다.

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- Yisoon says:
  
  October 14, 2013 at 11:04 AM
  
  Is there a difference between the 하다 entries of 2 and 5 or the 그러다 entries at 68 and 69? I can’t tell if there are different uses/definitions that lead to the separate entries.
  
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안녕하세요

Thanks for the list its really helpful …better than fumbling through a dictionary 🙂 and is there another part to this post (another 6000 words?) Just wondering ^_^

Kay

Thank you for this list. I want to study the hanja also, but it’s a pain to look up every word I suspect is of Chinese origin… Is there a version of this list that also shows the hanja? There was one on ezcorean.com, but that site doesn’t exist anymore. 🙁

Wade Ziegler says:

November 17, 2015 at 4:29 AM

There is a computer database of the words that contains Hanja symbols but you have to be a programmer to figure it out. https://github.com/garfieldnate/kengdic

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- TOPIK GUIDE Team says:
  
  November 17, 2015 at 2:42 PM
  
  Thanks for sharing. I wish I knew some programming. 🙂
  
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rất cám on anh đã tao ra 1 trang wed bổ ích như thế này. em mới làm quen với tiếng hàn nên còn rất nhiều điều cần phải tìm hiểu.
mong anh giúp cho khi em có những khó khăn trong quá trình học
cảm ơn anh

aww can pls replaced in romanization i dont understand

Joey Desud says:

April 6, 2015 at 7:17 PM

Just learn Hangul. It’s fundamental for learning Korean.

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Steve says:

September 18, 2015 at 5:29 AM

Did you really expect to learn Korean but put not know how too read it? You could probably learn the whole alphabet in a week since it’s pretty easy.

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One thing I notice as I look through the words: Without examples, many of these are not really usable. I am thinking of many that I know, and as I think of usage, I think that with the listing and the definitions given here, I would never be able to use those words, nor recognize the meaning when I read them. I can recognize them in the list because I know the usage of he word.

Has anybody produced this list with usages?

thanks for this words… im chilean but in spanish i dont found many words
gracias… saludos desde chile

하다 is on the list twice as number 2 and 5…

Hi! I’m interested in whether the vocabulary is the most common written words, or the most common spoken words?

Could have added romanisation to each word. It could really help. I am starting to learn Korean and it is very difficult to distinguish which is B and P, even with grammar. >_<

Yujin23 says:

October 30, 2017 at 11:26 PM

You really don’t want to study using romanisation. It is a bad habit almost and makes learning to read Hangul harder. It is better to memorize the Hangul very very well first. Look at the Hangul while listening and pronouncing the sound. It is very hard to properly write romanisation for Hangul and I find most of the time, Hangul sounds different slightly from the romanized text so it is hard to read the roman text. 🙂

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A simple sentence for each word with a break down of the sentence would be extremely helpful.

Tiffany Adibo says:

December 1, 2016 at 12:39 PM

even if the word is conjugated in the sentence, it would help

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안녕하세요!

I noticed an error with the word ‘이’ when I double checked the definition, I found that ‘이’ usually means this and not person.

alishaecothunder says:

November 26, 2017 at 11:33 PM

It has more meanings. It can mean 2, this, person, tooth…

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On lines 68 and 69 the word is repeated:

그러다

and so, and then, well

그러다

and so, and then, well

That was the only error I happened to see.

What does this mean?

828 장 One piece of sty flat

You put 하다 twice

can we get these meanings in nepali language

Carie says:

August 15, 2019 at 9:45 PM

you might have to just put the English in google translate :'(

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Seems like a non-Korean wrote the definitions. There are so many that are wrong, and it got so bad that I had to remove all the definitions and look up the words myself in the dictionary. This is doing more harm than good

강조하다 == emphasis, empasis is not correct spelling. Word is located at 560.

I think there’s a mistake – 남자 is not a boy but a man/male. Boy would be 남자 아이. Also, some words appear more than once, sometimes with different definitions, sometimes not – I would suggest clumping them together.

128 is wrong
thanks alot for the list though, really appreciate it!

Petr says:

May 3, 2021 at 12:46 AM

여기 also means hobby. The word has several meanings.

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안녕하세요 i need these 6000 vocabulary words in audio
Plz send me. Audio with english words and korean words.

Bas says:

November 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM

just put them in google translate text to speech

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justin says:

December 22, 2020 at 10:12 PM

Well you’re certainly the greed ball aren’t you? What the hell do you think the internet is, your collection of white slaves?

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is this for autistic people? This is so bad that the 500 essential korean words from reddit is 3 times better than this

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can i have a soft copy of this? it’ll be a good help 🙂

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