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Test Your Korean – Korean Emoticons

How much do you know about Korean emoticons? Do you know what ㅎㅎㅎ, ㅋㅋㅋ, ㄷㄷㄷ all mean? Test your knowledge about Korean emoticons by taking this quiz!

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Take the quiz by clicking here or clicking on the image below!

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Discussion( leave a comment )

  1. Ida says: September 22, 2011

    TTMIK-team, thank you soo much for these amazing lessons. I moved to Korea one month ago, and my Korean has improved a lot since I started using your webside. I am very grateful. I expecially enjoy your natural talk lessons, since I’m very young.
    Again thank you a ton

    정말 감사합니다 ^_^

    • Chris McDonald says: September 26, 2011

      Same here! I’ve been here for only about a month, and my improvement is definitely largely due to this site. I’m young also, (Only 18 [International age]) and there really is no way for me to pay a monthly bill. I know the team here could be making more money if they charged for everything like other sites. So I seriously want to say thank you for your unselfish devotion to your work.
      I’m here by myself, for at least a year, with no other Americans around me. So I’m sure you can imagine how much I need to learn. Haha!
      But yeah, just wanted to say thanks.

      ….And by the way your Word and Sentence Builders are the bomb!
      수고했어요!

  2. Debasish says: September 22, 2011

    I always saw these on face book of my korean freinds. But today I understood all..thanks TTMK….But i got only 58% in the test ;;;….

  3. Saba says: September 22, 2011

    Wow another test!!!!My teachers are really hard-working~
    I got 58 in this test :(

  4. Nadiya Ahya Hayati says: September 22, 2011

    I scored 83! Not bad, eh? 선생님 여러분 수고하셨습니다! ^^

  5. Purple_cat says: September 22, 2011

    I totally love those tests. I hope you can make more of them in the near future. Thank you for your hard work ^_^

  6. Amina Tsun says: September 22, 2011

    a great test, thank you!!!!
    8/12 :D not that bad hein?

  7. Jiwon says: September 23, 2011

    10 out of 12~ ^^ got 2 mistakes.. lol

    • sangah says: September 25, 2011

      ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 언니 2개나 틀리ㄴ다니

  8. Eastward says: September 23, 2011

    I only know two or three. I will find a website first before attempting the quiz. Any recommendations? :)
    Eastward

  9. HyeMi Yang says: September 23, 2011

    I’ve got 10/12 :D
    I love this test :)
    When I talk with my korean friend, he sometimes use this ;;; and I didn’t know what it means, but now finally I find out ㅎㅎ ;)
    Thank you my teachers!!!! ^^:D You’re the best!! :D

  10. zarina says: September 23, 2011

    OO – 응
    I got that wrong..T.T
    Love this quiz!

  11. Inah says: September 23, 2011

    92 our of 100 (11/12), that’s really good! I thought’s I’d get a little less. :D

    Only made a mistake at Q8. about ㅇㅇ

  12. Jenny says: September 23, 2011

    OMG, I only have 33%, I must learn all the icon and use it.

  13. 보도 says: September 23, 2011

    I often see this emoticon: ~
    Is this kind of waving?
    Anyways, those quizzes are really helpful.
    Thank you!

    • 莫梦晴 says: December 20, 2011

      i don’t think it’s an emoticon~
      it just gives a “not serious” feel to the message, like being carefree.
      like…
      우와~ so lazy today~

  14. noopie says: September 25, 2011

    hahaha! i love this test! i got 67 score! i think it’s not too bad! hahahaha! thank you making this funny and interesting quiz.

  15. wickedinutopia says: September 25, 2011

    yay!! 100 outta 100..
    but i almost chose a wrong answer for the last question xD

  16. Pris says: September 26, 2011

    Hi ^^ Thanks for the fun quiz..i failed thou..T.T anyway putting this aside, i have a question to ask..how do i say “pluck up one’s courage” in korean? is there a proverb for that phrase in korean too?
    if so..how do i use it in a sentence?
    Thank you so much! :D

    • jinseokjin says: September 28, 2011

      Hey, I am sure you will get a good score later. Hm… the proverb doesn’t come up in my head now. :(

      You may say “용기를 내다” for the phrase you wrote.

      Let me make a sentence,

      저는 용기를 내서 또 시험을 볼 거예요. (I will pluck up my courage and take the test again.)

  17. Alfredo says: September 27, 2011

    I got 50/50. I remember the Korean emoticons being used by a former member of the korean girl group, After School

  18. Cami says: September 28, 2011

    I got 11/12! XD I never came across ㄷㄷㄷ before. Why does it mean “OMG”?

    • jinseokjin says: September 28, 2011

      Hehehe. Actually ㄷㄷㄷㄷ is shortend form of “덜 덜 덜 덜 (mimetic word of shaking or being nervous)”.

      The symbol is only used in internet.

  19. sairi says: September 28, 2011

    i got 75%,…… again XD hahahahaha

  20. 3r1cl33 says: September 30, 2011

    i got 11 out of 12…. ㅎㅎㅎ….

  21. shice123d says: October 5, 2011

    This was indeed an interesting quiz. Honestly I am not into emoticons other than the basics 1) happy face :( or ^_^ sad face :( or *_*.
    I am new to Korean and I noticed icons are used A LOT in 2NE1TV but I just ignore them. Anyway I failed this test because I guessed my way through. The most interesting one was this -.ᅦ………thanks for the emoticons explanations.

  22. Joshua Pelekai says: October 8, 2011

    아주 재미있었어요, 근데 퀴스 전에 “^^a”와 “덜덜덜” 모르겠네. 지금 모두 다 외워 해야돼 ^0^

  23. retna says: November 6, 2011

    i got 67 . . . thx for the quiz . . .it’s fun.

  24. siri says: November 28, 2011

    Thank you I knew more quiz in Korean.

  25. 莫梦晴 says: December 20, 2011

    second take, 100 of course. ㅍㅎㅎ
    first take was 52% ㅜㅜ

  26. jaymar demecillo says: December 24, 2011

    ttmk i really like i hope someday!!i can see again you nuna!!bogshipda!!dasi wajura\“

  27. Janine says: December 26, 2011

    Wow.
    I just got 11 out of 12 correct answers.
    And it’s all because of my great teachers from TTMIK.
    Thanks a lot. ^^

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