🌿Korean Nature Vocabulary

Browse all 450 Korean nature vocabulary words, organised by TOPIK level (1–6). Weather, animals, plants and the natural world. Each word has romanization and an English meaning, curated by a certified Korean language teacher. Pick a level to see the full list.

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Sample words

• 날씨 nalssi weather
• 덥다 deopda to be hot (weather)
• 따뜻하다 ttatteuthada to be warm
• 바람 baram wind
• 비 bi rain
• 시원하다 siwonhada to be cool, refreshing
• 그치다 geuchida to stop, cease
• 기온 gion temperature (air)
• 까맣다 kkamata to be black
• 날다 nalda to fly
• 노랗다 norata to be yellow
• 단풍 danpung autumn leaves, fall foliage
• 강물 gangmul river water
• 강사 gangsa instructor, lecturer
• 개다 gaeda to clear up, to fold
• 관찰 gwanchal observation, watching
• 껍질 kkeopjil skin, peel, shell, rind
• 꽃무늬 kkonmunui floral pattern, flower print
• 가뭄 gamum drought
• 강수량 gangsuryang precipitation, rainfall
• 개구리 gaeguri frog
• 개미 gaemi ant
• 거미 geomi spider
• 거북이 geobugi turtle
• 곤충 gonchung insect, bug
• 공중 gongjung the public, general public
• 그물 geumul net, mesh
• 금 geum gold, precious metal
• 금속 geumsok metal
• 기린 girin giraffe
• 고갈 gogal exhaustion, depletion
• 곰팡이 gompangi mold, mildew, fungus
• 광활하다 gwanghwalhada to be vast, to be wide, to be expansive
• 궂다 gutda to be nasty, to be gloomy (weather)
• 균 gyun germ, bacteria, microbe
• 그윽하다 geueukhada to be deep, to be serene, to be profound