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Desk and office words in Korean

Last updated July 7, 2026 · 4 min read

40 desk and office words in Korean

Hangul first, then revised romanization, then the English word. These are the objects sitting on or around a real desk, whether it's at home or in an office.

Phrases you can actually say

Vocabulary sits there until you use it in a sentence. Here are eight short phrases built from the words above — the kind you'd actually say sitting at a desk.

• 책상이 깨끗해요. Chaeksangi kkaekkeutaeyo. — The desk is clean.
• 노트북을 켜주세요. Noteubugeul kyeojuseyo. — Please turn on the laptop.
• 펜 좀 빌려주세요. Pen jom billyeojuseyo. — Please lend me a pen.
• 이 서류를 확인해 주세요. I seoryureul hwaginhae juseyo. — Please check these documents.
• 충전기 있어요? Chungjeongi isseoyo? — Do you have a charger?
• 안경을 어디에 뒀어요? Angyeongeul eodie dwosseoyo? — Where did you put your glasses?
• 가방을 챙기세요. Gabangeul chaenggiseyo. — Pack your bag.
• 명함 한 장 주세요. Myeongham han jang juseyo. — Please give me a business card.

Catch them instead of memorizing them

A list like this one gets you the words, but it fades the way any list does — you scan it once and half of it is gone by tomorrow. The words that survive are the ones tied to something you actually touched. That's the idea behind CatchFrase: point your camera at your own laptop, your own stapler, the pen sitting next to your keyboard right now, and it names the object in Korean with hangul, romanization, and a spoken pronunciation — attached to the real thing on your desk, not a row in a table.

Each catch also becomes a sticker card in your gallery, comes with a short example sentence you can tap through word by word, and gets scheduled for review with spaced repetition so it comes back right before you'd forget it. Say the word out loud and CatchFrase shows your speech transcribed live, so you know 서류 came out right and not something close to it.

Here's the honest version of the math: the free tier gives you 10 catches a day, so working through everything on this page — all 40 objects — takes about four days if you photograph a handful of desk items between tasks. That's not a knock on the free tier; it's enough to fully catch a desk and everything around it. CatchFrase Plus removes the daily limit if you'd rather do it in one sitting.

Common questions

Is this vocabulary for a home desk or a Korean workplace?

Both — these are general desk and office object names, the kind you'd use at a home desk, a co-working space, or a Korean office. They are not workplace etiquette or business honorifics, just the vocabulary for the objects themselves.

Do I need to know hangul to use this list?

No. Every word includes romanization, so you can say it out loud right away. Hangul itself is fast to learn — most people pick up the alphabet in a weekend.

How long would it take to catch all 40 of these words?

On the CatchFrase free tier (10 catches a day), photographing all 40 desk and office words takes about four days. CatchFrase Plus removes the daily catch limit.