You might have noticed from looking around Korean forums and chat rooms that a lot of words are contracted or shortened in form. Some of the words are slangy to start off with, and are further contracted for convenience. Have you seen any of these forms below? A lot of these words and symbols are frequently used online. If you don\u2019t know what they mean, take a look at the lower part of the list:<\/p>\n
(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u314e\u314e\u314e<\/p>\n
(2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u314b\u314b\u314b<\/p>\n
(3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u3147\u3147<\/p>\n
(4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u3134\u3134<\/p>\n
(5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u314e\u3147<\/p>\n
(6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u3142\u3147<\/p>\n
(7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u31422<\/p>\n
(8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u3147\u314b<\/p>\n
(9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u315c\u315c or \u3160\u3160<\/p>\n
(10) \u00a0\u3147\u315c\u3134<\/p>\n
Answers:<\/p>\n
(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hahaha<\/p>\n
(2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kkk (noise of laughter)<\/p>\n
(3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 short for \uc751, which is an informal way to say \u201cyes\u201d.<\/p>\n
(4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Means \u201cno, no\u201d. The Hangul letter \u3134 makes an \u201cn\u201d sound and so this letter is used to represent a shorter way of saying the word \u201cno\u201d, which begins with an \u201cn\u201d sound as well.<\/p>\n
(5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Means \u201chi\u201d. It comes from the word \ud558\uc774, where the first letter from each syllable is used to make \u314e\u3147.<\/p>\n
(6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Means \u201cbye\u201d. It comes from the word \ubc14\uc774.<\/p>\n
(7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also means \u201cbye\u201d. The Hangul letter \u3142 begins with a\u00a0 \u201cb\u201d sound and so does the word \u201cbye\u201d. Hence that\u2019s why \u3142 is used. The second part of this contracted word is the numeral 2, which in Sino-Korean numbers is pronounced as \uc774.<\/p>\n
(8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Means \u201cokay\u201d. The \u3147 part of the \u3147\u314b looks like the English letter \u201co\u201d and the letter \u314b represents the \u201ck\u201d sound in okay.<\/p>\n
(9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indicates crying or tears. The horizontal line in that looks like this \u3161 in \u315c or \u3160 symbolizes the person\u2019s face. The vertical line(s) are the tears streaming down the person\u2019s face.<\/p>\n
(10) \u00a0Means \u201cdisappointment\u201d or \u201cdiscouragement\u201d. The \u3147 \u00a0is the person\u2019s head and \u315c \u00a0is the person\u2019s body. The \u3134 is the person\u2019s knees on the floor. All together it represents someone with their hands and knees on the floor in frustration or disappointment.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t an exhaustive list of Korean internet slang, but it\u2019s a start!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You might have noticed from looking around Korean forums and chat rooms that a lot of words are contracted or shortened in form. Some of the words are slangy to start off with, and are further contracted for convenience. Have you seen any of these forms below? A lot of these words and symbols are…<\/p>\n