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Korean Home Vocabulary — Words for Rooms of the House

Home is where a lot of everyday Korean lives — the kitchen you cook in, the room you sleep in, the garden you step out to. This page gathers essential Korean vocabulary for the home, from 부엌 (kitchen) and 침실 (bedroom) to 욕실 (bathroom) and 정원 (garden), each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a button to hear it spoken in a native voice. A note for English speakers: Korean is written in Hangul, an alphabet you can pick up in an afternoon — the blocks you see are just letters stacked into syllables. Many home words are native Korean rather than borrowed, so they won't look like English, but they're short and regular. Korean culture also keeps shoes by the door and lets rooms do double duty, so a few of these ideas map a little differently than they might at home. Tap any 🔊 to hear the word, skim the table, then carry these into Linguver, where the English word drops and you shoot its Korean translation from the drum.

Key words explained

• kitchen 부엌🔊 The whole family gathered in the kitchen.
• bedroom 침실🔊 Her bedroom looks out over the garden.
• bathroom 욕실🔊 He repainted the bathroom over the weekend.
• garden 정원🔊 They grow tomatoes in the back garden.
• hallway 복도🔊 A long hallway connected the two rooms.
• attic 다락방🔊 We found old photos boxed up in the attic.
• porch 현관🔊 They sat on the porch watching the rain.
• living room 거실🔊 The kids built a fort in the living room.

All 90 Korean home words

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