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Korean Body Parts Cheat Sheet: From Head to Toe, Plus How to Say It Hurts
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A1
Type
Vocab
Theme
Daily Life
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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.