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Search Korean forms and English meanings, inspect complete sentences, keep private reading projects, and remember useful vocabulary in its original context.
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Core lookup, sentence analysis, imported text, saved vocabulary, and learning history stay on your device. No account is required. Optional, content-free product analytics can be disabled in the app.
Dictionary text is derived from a dated NIKL Korean Basic Dictionary snapshot under CC BY-SA. Source multimedia is not bundled.
An original Korean reading activity
Find the dictionary form of a Korean verb
If you can read Hangul, try this short sentence. Which verb would you look up?
어제 집에서 책을 읽었어요.
Show the meaning and dictionary form
Yesterday, I read a book at home.
읽었어요 is a polite past form of 읽다, meaning “to read”. Search for the dictionary form, then check its meaning against the sentence.
Word reference: NIKL Korean Basic Dictionary: 읽다.
Continue with your own Korean
- In Oegugin, search for 읽다 and explore its meanings and examples.
- Use Sentence Lens to inspect a complete sentence. It shows likely dictionary forms, particles and endings, while keeping alternatives and unknown forms visible.
- Save a useful word with its sentence and revisit it in practice.
Dictionary lookup and saved-word review are included in the free app. The free app allows five new sentence analyses per day and two saved texts. Reopening an already explained sentence uses no additional analysis. Oegugin Pro removes the analysis and saved-text limits.
Before you try Oegugin
What does Oegugin help with?
Look up a Korean word, understand a sentence, and save vocabulary with the context that made it useful. The dictionary includes more than 56,000 entries. Sentence Lens shows likely dictionary forms, particles, endings, alternatives, and unknown forms.
Can I read my own Korean texts?
Yes. Create a private text or import a text file or a PDF with selectable text. Tap words while reading, save them with their sentence, and return to your reading position later.
What is included for free?
Dictionary lookup, learning, saved-word review, dialogues, and listening are included. The free app allows five new sentence analyses per day and up to two saved texts. Reopening an already explained sentence does not use another analysis. Oegugin Pro removes the sentence-analysis and saved-text limits; Apple handles payment and renewal.
Does it work offline?
The dictionary, sentence analysis, reading texts, and vocabulary practice work on your device. The listening library also includes longer bilingual readings and native recordings available offline. No account is required.