Days and months come up in every conversation about plans, travel, and daily life. Here's the complete guide with pronunciation and how the Korean calendar system actually works.
Korean days of the week are based on the five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) plus the sun and moon. Once you know that, the names make beautiful sense.
| Korean | Romanization | Day | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 월요일 | Woryoil | Monday | 月 Moon day |
| 화요일 | Hwayoil | Tuesday | 火 Fire day |
| 수요일 | Suyoil | Wednesday | 水 Water day |
| 목요일 | Mogyoil | Thursday | 木 Wood day |
| 금요일 | Geumyoil | Friday | 金 Metal/Gold day |
| 토요일 | Toyoil | Saturday | 土 Earth day |
| 일요일 | Iryoil | Sunday | 日 Sun day |
요일 (yoil) just means "day of the week." So you only need to memorize the first character of each day. Moon, Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, Earth, Sun in that order Monday to Sunday.
Korean months are beautifully simple they're just numbers plus 월 (wol), which means month.
| Korean | Romanization | Month |
|---|---|---|
| 1월 | Irwol | January |
| 2월 | Iwol | February |
| 3월 | Samwol | March |
| 4월 | Sawol | April |
| 5월 | Owol | May |
| 6월 | Yuwol | June |
| 7월 | Chirwol | July |
| 8월 | Parwol | August |
| 9월 | Guwol | September |
| 10월 | Siwol | October |
| 11월 | Sibirwol | November |
| 12월 | Sibiwol | December |
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