KOREA 103BLearning Sino-Korean Characters
Korean · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Sino-Korean vocabulary and characters necessary for advanced and superior level of knowledge in Korean. Sino-Korean characters are used differently from same Chinese characters used in contemporary China in terms of pronunciation, meaning, and word formation. Professional-level Korean speakers need to be able to read at least 1,800 Sino-Korean characters. Reinforcement of collocation patterns and semantic association of Sino-Korean vocabulary.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 103A or Korean placement test.
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KOREA 103B
- KOREA 103ALearning Sino-Korean Characters
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KOREA 103B
- KOREA 103CLearning Sino-Korean Characters
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.