Korean slang profile
1052
1052
Number code for love
Number slang of the time symbolizing the English word for love.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Jun 22, 1998
- 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
1998년 숫자 은어 자료에서 1052가 사랑을 뜻한다고 읽었다.
A 1998 source on number slang said that 1052 meant love.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 article on number marketing explains that high school students used these numbers to mean love on PC communication networks. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Only the meaning and context introduced in the 1998 original were checked. First use, the exact time of introduction to Korea, and the extent of popular spread were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 숫자 활용 마케팅 “눈에 띄네”Published Jun 22, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026