공부
gongbu
hanja 工夫
study
Part of speech · noun / verb (with hada)
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
공
ㄱginitial+ㅗomedial+ㅇngfinal
부
ㅂbinitial+ㅜumedial
工Craft
夫husband
Show stroke order animation
3 strokes · 2.0s
4 strokes · 2.7s
Examples
- 매일 한국어를 공부해요.I study Korean every day.
- 시험 공부를 해야 해요.I have to study for the exam.
Collocations
공부를 하다시험 공부한국어 공부
Mnemonic
gongbu (工夫) "study" is a noun that becomes a verb with hada: gongbu-hada (to study). Interestingly the same hanja 工夫 means "effort / contrivance" in Chinese and Japanese — Korean specialized it to "study".
Quick check
How do you turn gongbu into the verb "to study"?