Korean slang profile
ㅇㅋ
Okay
A consonant abbreviation of 오케이, used to say that you understand or agree.
- Expanded form
- 오케이(OK)Okay
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2011
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
내일 7시에 보자. — ㅇㅋ.
See you tomorrow at seven. — Okay.
02Documented history
- 2011The National Institute of the Korean Language’s report on the results of the ‘National Survey on Youth Language Status and Language Awareness’ cited ‘ㅇㅋㅇㅋ’ and ‘ㅊㅋㅊㅋ’ as examples of expressions that explain the meaning of the same morpheme.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Commonly explained as the initial consonants of 오케이, meaning “okay.” However, the supporting report gives examples without explaining the expansion.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
No source directly explaining it as the initial consonants of 오케이 has been verified. Only examples of usage have been confirmed.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 청소년 언어실태·언어의식 전국 조사 (국립국어원·한양대학교 산학협력단)Published 2011Original source checked Nov 5, 2026