Over half of all Korean words are based on Hanja, or Chinese characters. As you study Korean, you'll learn tons of them.
For each new Hanja-based Korean word you learn, there's probably another Korean word you already know which has the same Hanja!
Making this mental connection to a Korean word with the same root is a very helpful mnemonic. It strengthens your memory of the existing word and makes you more likely to remember the new word.
Here's just a few examples:
집중: Focus
애착: Attachment
집착: Obsession
음악: Music
파도: Wave
음파: Sound wave
엄격: Strict
선택: Select
엄선: Curate
I made Hanja Time to help me make these connections better, and it's now an essential tool in my language learning repetoire. I hope it can be helpful to you too
