How to Say “Hang Up” in Korean
To hang up in Korean is 전화를 끊다 (jeonhwareul kkeunta). This verb is used specifically to describe the action of terminating a phone call.
About Korean
Korean is the language of South Korea and North Korea, with about 77 million native speakers. It is also spoken by Korean communities in China, Japan, Central Asia and the United States. Its relationship to other languages is not settled, so it is usually placed in a small family of its own, Koreanic.
Korean is written in Hangul, an alphabet created in the 15th century under King Sejong. Its letters are grouped into square syllable blocks, so 한 (han) is built from ㅎ (h), ㅏ (a) and ㄴ (n). How you speak depends on who you speak to. The polite ending -yo, as in annyeonghaseyo (hello), is safe with anyone you do not know well. Koreans rarely say "you" to someone directly and use the person's name or title instead.
| Family | Koreanic |
|---|---|
| Native speakers | about 77 million (2019) |
| Official in | South Korea, North Korea |
| Script | Hangul, with Chinese characters (Hanja) used occasionally |
| Codes | ko (ISO 639-1), kor (ISO 639-3) |
Speaker numbers: Ethnologue (2019), via Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.
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