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hanbok

traditional Korean outfit comprised of a jacket and a woman’s skirt or men’s trousers
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Summary

hanbok is a clothing[1]. hanbok ranks in the top 3% of clothing entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,466 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: South Korea[3], North Korea[4]
  • Subclass of: Korean clothing[5], tradition[6]
  • Commons category: Hanbok[7]
  • Country of origin: Korea[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hanbok[9]
  • Commons gallery: Hanbok[10]
  • Described at URL: https://english.cha.go.kr/chaen/search/selectGeneralSearchDetail.do?mn=EN_02_02&sCcebKdcd=17&ccebAsno=01480000&sCcebCtcd=ZZ&pageIndex=1&ccebKdcd=17&ccebCtcd=[11], https://www.heritage.go.kr/heri/cul/culSelectDetail.do?ccbaCpno=127ZZ01480000[12]
  • Native label: 한복[13], 조선옷[14]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: National Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Korea[15], Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[17]

Why It Matters

hanbok has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] hanbok is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

North Korea South Korea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . mcst.go.kr. mcst.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . koryogroup.com. koryogroup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . english.cha.go.kr. Retrieved . english.cha.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ich.unesco.org. Retrieved . ich.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Subclass of → —
    Country → South Korea, North Korea
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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