Korean slang profile
드라툰
deuratun
A comic made from drama scenes
A work made in a visual-comic format using scenes from a drama.
- Expanded form
- drama + cartoondrama + cartoon
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
좋아하는 드라마의 드라툰을 찾아보았다.
I looked for a 드라툰 of my favorite drama.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “드라툰” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection presents drama plus cartoon and introduces works continuing a story by adding speech balloons to drama scenes. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026