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Korean Word Origins · Sino-Korean

문해력文解力

What "munhaeryeok" is made of

Korean adults say this word a lot lately. Take it apart, character by character.

Line by line

  1. 1

    문해력.

    Munhaeryeok.

  2. 2

    어른들이 요즘 자주 하는 말이다.

    A word Korean adults use a lot these days.

  3. 3

    글자 그대로 풀어 보자.

    Let's take it apart, character by character.

  4. 4

    글월 문, 풀 해, 힘 력.

    文 mun, writing. 解 hae, to untie. 力 ryeok, power.

  5. 5

    글을 풀어 내는 힘.

    The power to untie writing.

  6. 6

    읽는 힘이 아니다.

    Not the power to read.

  7. 7

    푸는 힘이다.

    The power to untie.

  8. 8

    해는 매듭을 푸는 글자다.

    解 is the character for untying a knot.

  9. 9

    이해도 풀어서 아는 것이고, 해답도 풀어서 나온 답이다.

    Ihae (understanding) is untying to know. Haedap (an answer) is what comes out when you untie.

  10. 10

    글자는 읽었는데 뜻이 안 잡힐 때가 있다.

    Sometimes you've read every letter and the meaning still won't come.

  11. 11

    그건 읽기가 아니라 풀기가 안 된 것이다.

    That's not a reading problem. The knot didn't come undone.

  12. 12

    이 앱은 그 매듭을 하루에 하나씩 같이 푼다.

    This app unties one knot a day, with you.

네가 방금 이 문장을 풀었다면, 문해력은 이미 네 것이다.

If you just untied this sentence, munhaeryeok is already yours.

Source · 文解力 — Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

Read this card in Korean → allirang.com/card/munhaeryeok