Korean slang profile
혼활
honhwal
Actively seeking a marriage partner
Actively seeking a marriage partner through activities such as improving one’s appearance or looking for opportunities to meet people.
- Expanded form
- 결혼 활동 / 혼인 활동marriage activities / activities toward marriage
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
결혼을 원하는 친구는 올해부터 혼활에 나섰다.
My friend, who wants to marry, started 혼활 this year.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “혼활” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection introduces an expression used in Japan and explains it as an abbreviation of 결혼 활동 or 혼인 활동. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026