Monthly Archives: September 2015
Hanja for Cimi: 苹 apple 사과
We learned 平 peace. It also means flat, level, equal (picture a level scale). We learned grass 艹. Put them together, and you get apple 苹. Apple is one of the earliest Korean words I learned from Boys Over Flowers Korean drama. Apple … Continue reading
September Song
My language exchange partner shared with me the lyrics to “September Song”. Koreans have an appreciation for many American songs, and I feel such a flush of joy hearing classics again, brought to my attention by someone on the other … Continue reading
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Korean Bible
Received a gift of a Korean bible from the Korean woman I met in town. Since the bible is organized by chapter and verse, it is easy to match the Korean to an English bible. I am the light of … Continue reading
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Asian-American voters
Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in USA, but they’re also the least likely to vote. NPR published a story How Asian American Voters Went From Republican to Democratic. The Asian-American electorate made up just 3 percent of 2012 voters. The … Continue reading
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Poem delighting in simplicity
A Korean master expresses delight in simplicity in this way. Unaffected by the passage of time I remain bright and quiet while I sit. A bowl of porridge, A plate of wild greens, And a cup of tea: I … Continue reading
Hanja for Cimi: 味 taste 맛
I take great thrill in my fortune cookies, now that I am learning a little Chinese. This one taught me the word “taste”. Imagine in ancient times, you are a king who can’t eat yet until the food is first … Continue reading
Hanja for Cimi: 天 sky 천
天 sky, heaven, day 천 I chose the character 天 because of a Zen poem “An Answer on Behalf of Heaven and Earth” 代天地答. We learned soil/earth is 土. See 土 (earth) in the character 地 ? 答 is answer and 代 is on … Continue reading
Hanja for Cimi: 永 eternal 영
When I first saw this character, I thought it was water 水 until I noticed the extra dot. It is a character used as a warm up for calligraphy because it has so many types of strokes.
Hanguk Babble 