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Honorifics & Forms of Address

In Korean you rarely get to just use someone’s name — you pick a form of address, and the wrong pick lands harder than a grammar mistake. This hub covers the choices that actually trip people up: why surname plus 씨 comes out condescending, when 씨 beats 님, and why your own gender decides whether you say 오빠 or 형. Each entry gives the limits too — age gaps, closeness, and what changes once you’re at work.

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