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Updated 2026-10-01

Word list

The practice words and their English glosses were written in-house for Hangul Pace: about 300 beginner words at TOPIK I level, dictionary-form nouns plus common polite 해요 forms. They are not taken from any other typing test or corpus, and no dictionary definitions were copied.

Sentences

The Sentences collection has 359 quotes: 271 Korean proverbs, which are traditional and belong to no author; 6 provisions of 5 articles of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, which the Copyright Act (Article 7) leaves unprotected; the lyrics of the national anthem; and lines and paragraphs of modern Korean literature by authors who died in 1962 or earlier, whose works are in the public domain in Korea. Each work below links to the page its text was taken from or checked against: Korean Wikisource (위키문헌) for all but Bang Jeong-hwan's leaflet, whose lines follow the wording on its monument at Seoul Children's Grand Park. Spacing and old spellings were brought to today's standard; the authors' own dialect and old word forms were kept. Every English meaning was written in-house.

Kim Sowol (김소월, died 1934): Mother, Sister (엄마야 누나야, source), Far in the Future (먼 후일, source), On the Way (가는 길, source), Azaleas (진달래꽃, source), Mountain Flowers (산유화, source), Invocation (초혼, source)
Yun Dong-ju (윤동주, died 1945): A Poem Easily Written (쉽게 씌어진 시, source), Road (길, source), New Road (새로운 길, source), Prelude (서시, source), Counting Stars at Night (별 헤는 밤, source), Self-Portrait (자화상, source)
Han Yong-un (한용운, died 1944): Obedience (복종, source), The Ferry and the Traveler (나룻배와 행인, source), The Silence of Love (님의 침묵, source), I Do Not Know (알 수 없어요, source)
Yi Yuksa (이육사, died 1944): The Summit (절정, source), The Wide Plain (광야, source), Green Grapes (청포도, source)
Yi Sang-hwa (이상화, died 1943): Does Spring Come to Stolen Fields (빼앗긴 들에도 봄은 오는가, source)
Jeong Ji-yong (정지용, died 1950, the date disputed, 1953 at the latest): Nostalgia (향수, source), Lake 1 (호수 1, source)
Byeon Yeong-ro (변영로, died 1961): Nongae (논개, source)
Yi Sang (이상, died 1937): Mirror (거울, source), Wings (날개, source)
Kim Yu-jeong (김유정, died 1937): Camellias (동백꽃, source), Spring, Spring (봄봄, source)
Yi Hyo-seok (이효석, died 1942): Burning Fallen Leaves (낙엽을 태우면서, source), When the Buckwheat Blooms (메밀꽃 필 무렵, source)
Na Do-hyang (나도향, died 1926): Samnyong the Mute (벙어리 삼룡이, source)
Sim Hun (심훈, died 1936): When That Day Comes (그날이 오면, source)
Bang Jeong-hwan (방정환, died 1931): A Letter to Grown-ups (어른에게 드리는 글 (1923 어린이날 선전문), source)
Kim Gu (김구, died 1949): My Wish (나의 소원 (백범일지), source)
Hyeon Jin-geon (현진건, died 1943): A Lucky Day (운수 좋은 날, source)
Kim Yeongnang (김영랑, died 1950): Until Peonies Bloom (모란이 피기까지는, source), Sunlight Whispering on the Stone Wall (돌담에 속삭이는 햇발, source)

Proverbs (속담): each is a headword or a common variant of one in the National Institute of Korean Language's 우리말샘 dictionary. Constitution of the Republic of Korea (대한민국헌법): the articles as in force. Source.

National anthem (애국가): the lyricist is disputed, Yun Chi-ho (died 1945) or Ahn Chang-ho (died 1938), and either way the lyrics are in the public domain; no music is used. Source.

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