Months of the Year in Korean
Korean months are the Sino-Korean number plus 월, wol. There are no month names to memorise, and only June and October drop a letter.
The twelve months
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일월 irwol
ee-RWOL
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January
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이월 iwol
ee-WOL
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February
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삼월 samwol
sahm-WOL
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March
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사월 sawol
sah-WOL
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April
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오월 owol
oh-WOL
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May
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유월 yuwol
yoo-WOL
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June
Not 육월. The final k of yuk disappears
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칠월 chirwol
chee-RWOL
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July
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팔월 parwol
pah-RWOL
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August
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구월 guwol
goo-WOL
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September
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시월 siwol
shee-WOL
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October
Not 십월. The final p of sip disappears
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십일월 sibirwol
shee-bee-RWOL
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November
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십이월 sibiwol
shee-bee-WOL
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December
The seasons
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봄 bom
bohm
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spring
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여름 yeoreum
YUH-reum
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summer
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가을 gaeul
GAH-eul
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autumn
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겨울 gyeoul
GYUH-ool
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winter
Words that go with them
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이번 달 ibeon dal
EE-buhn dahl
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this month
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다음 달 daeum dal
DAH-eum dahl
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next month
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지난달 jinandal
jee-nahn-DAHL
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last month
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년 nyeon
nyuhn
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year
June and October, and the date order
Ten of the twelve months are simply the Sino-Korean number plus 월. June and October are the exceptions, and both drop a final consonant to make the word easier to say: 육 becomes 유월 and 십 becomes 시월.
Nothing else changes, and November and December keep the p in 십일월 and 십이월 because the following syllable is a vowel.
월 names a month of the year. For a month as a length of time, Korean uses 달: 이번 달, this month.
Dates run largest to smallest, like Japanese: 2026년 5월 3일, year then month then day.
- 제 생일은 사월이에요.My birthday is in April.
- 유월에 갈 거예요.I'm going in June.
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