Korean Printable Flashcards: Free Printable PDF with Answer Key

Key facts

• Format: PDF, 2 practice pages (8 fronts and 8 backs) plus a 1-page model set, in A4 and US Letter versions.
• Card size: about 93 by 68 mm on A4 and 96 by 64 mm on US Letter, with dashed cut lines.

What you will be able to do

• Print a two-sided card set that lines up front to back.
• Fill a card so the front asks a clear question and the back gives one clear answer.
• Test yourself with a box of paper cards, away from the screen.
• Reuse the same template for letters, words or short phrases.

Download the Korean Printable Flashcards

The download has one file for A4 and one for US Letter. Choose the file that matches your paper. No sign-up is needed.

The next section describes the two pages and the model set.

What Is on Each Page?

Page 1: fronts. Eight blank cards sit in two columns and four rows. Each is about 93 by 68 mm on A4 (96 by 64 mm on US Letter), large enough for a single Hangul letter or block at about 25 mm tall. Dashed lines mark where to cut, and small corner marks show where the lines cross. A tiny number in the corner of each card (1 to 8) helps you keep the pairs together.

Page 2: backs. The page has the same eight blanks, but the columns are swapped left to right. This is called mirroring, and it makes each back line up behind its front when the sheet is flipped on the long edge.

Page 3: model set. The last page shows eight finished cards for the consonant names ㄱ to ㅇ. It is not a test; it shows how a card looks when it is done. You can copy it as your own first set.

The Model Set

Printing Double-Sided without Mistakes

Double-sided printing is the step that goes wrong most often, so it is worth a minute of care. Set the printer to double-sided, portrait, with the flip on the long edge, and print both pages in one job at 100 percent scale. Many printers describe this as "flip on long edge" or "binding on long edge".

The mirrored layout works like this. A front in the left column has its back in the right column of page 2, because the paper is turned like a book page.

Test the alignment with a pencil on the first sheet: mark the top of page 1, hold the printed sheet up to a light and check that each back sits behind its front. If the backs are upside down, your printer flipped on the short edge, so change the setting and print again.

How Do I Fill the Cards?

Write one question on the front and one answer on the back. A card with one fact is easier to test than a card with five. Use these steps:

1. Write the Hangul large on the front, one letter, word or short phrase per card.
2. On the back, write the meaning or the name of the letter, in plain letters you can read fast.
3. If the sound differs from the spelling, add it in [brackets] in small writing.
4. Cut along the dashed lines with scissors or a paper trimmer.
5. Shuffle, then test yourself with the Hangul side up. Put the cards you knew in one pile and the others in another.

Say the answer aloud before you turn the card. Saying it aloud trains the sound, and it stops you from nodding along to an answer you could not have produced. Review the "not yet" pile first the next day.

What Is the Answer Key For?

The answer key is the model set on page 3. It is for checking your format after you fill in the first few cards: is the front a single item, is the back short, and does the card fit in one glance? It is not a list of answers to memorise.

Print Settings

Use these settings for every print:

• Paper: A4 (210 by 297 mm) or US Letter (8.5 by 11 inches), using the matching file.
• Scale: 100 percent, with "fit to page" turned off, so the cards stay the same size and the cut lines meet.
• Margins: 12 mm on every side.
• Two-sided: on, portrait, flip on the long edge.
• Paper weight: medium or card stock if your printer accepts it. Check your printer's maximum paper weight first.

Mistakes to Watch For

• Wrong flip edge. The backs come out upside down. Switch from short-edge to long-edge flip and print again.
• Writing too small. A card is read at arm's length. Write the Hangul about 25 mm tall, with a thick pencil or a felt-tip pen.
• Gluing a back to the wrong front. When the fronts and backs are printed on separate sheets, the cut pieces are easy to mix up. Match the corner numbers (1 to 8) before you glue each pair.
• Putting too much on one card. Two meanings on one back turn a recall test into a guess. Make two cards instead.

What Should I Practice Next?

Once you have written a first set, try the same items on screen with the korean alphabet flashcards, or check yourself with the hangul alphabet quiz. The korean flashcards section lists every deck. To keep a written word list alongside your cards, use the korean vocabulary list template. The next printable is the hangul table pdf, and all the printables are gathered on the korean printables page.

This template is blank on purpose. It does not teach the letters, and the model set shows only the consonant names. Used for a few minutes a day, the korean printable flashcards give you a low-tech way to practise recall.

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