Korean slang profile
봉활
bonghwal
Volunteer activities
Short for volunteer activities.
- Expanded form
- 봉사 활동봉사 활동 (volunteer activities)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- 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
이번 방학에는 친구들과 봉활을 하기로 했다.
My friends and I decided to do 봉활 during the school break.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “봉활” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Formed by retaining parts of “봉사 활동 (volunteer activities)”. The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 50 (printed page 26) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026