# Korean Body Parts Cheat Sheet: From Head to Toe, Plus How to Say It Hurts

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At the pharmacy or the doctor's office, "it hurts" isn't enough on its own. Once you can name the body part, the rest of the sentence takes care of itself.

## The words, head to toe

| Korean | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 머리 | meo-ri | head |
| 눈 | nun | eye |
| 코 | ko | nose |
| 입 | ip | mouth |
| 목 | mok | neck / throat |
| 배 | bae | stomach |
| 등 | deung | back |
| 팔 | pal | arm |
| 다리 | da-ri | leg |
| 발 | bal | foot |

목 does double duty for both "neck" and "throat," so if a doctor asks about your 목 during cold season, they usually mean your throat.

## Saying where it hurts

The pattern is simple: body part plus 아파요. 배가 아파요 means "my stomach hurts," using 가 because 배 ends in a vowel sound. When the body part ends in a consonant, that consonant slides onto the next syllable: 목이 아파요 is actually pronounced [모기 아파요], mo-gi a-pa-yo, not "mok-i." The spelling doesn't change, only what comes out of your mouth does.

| Korean | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 배가 아파요 | bae-ga a-pa-yo | My stomach hurts |
| 목이 아파요 | mo-gi a-pa-yo | My throat hurts |
| 머리가 아파요 | meo-ri-ga a-pa-yo | I have a headache |

If a doctor or pharmacist asks 어디가 아파요? (eo-di-ga a-pa-yo, where does it hurt?), you don't need a full sentence back. Pointing and saying the body part plus 아파요 is already a complete, natural answer.

Next time something hurts in Korea, you'll have the one word that turns pointing and wincing into an actual sentence.

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