Editing Homophone (section)

===Korean===
The Korean language contains a combination of words that strictly belong to Korean and words that are [[loanwords]] from Chinese. Due to Chinese being pronounced with varying [[Tone (linguistics)|tones]] and Korean's removal of those tones, and because the modern Korean writing system, Hangeul, has a more finite number of phonemes than, for example, Latin-derived alphabets such as that of English, there are many homonyms with both the same spelling and pronunciation.
For example
* '{{Korean|hangul=화장하다|hanja=化粧하다}}': 'to put on makeup' vs. '{{Korean|hangul=화장하다|hanja=火葬하다|labels=no}}': 'to cremate'
* '{{Korean|hangul=[[wikt:유산|유산]]|hanja=遺産|labels=no}}': 'inheritance' vs. '{{Korean|hangul=유산|hanja=流産|labels=no}}': 'miscarriage'
* '{{Korean|hangul=[[wikt:방구|방구]]|labels=no}}': 'fart' vs. '{{Korean|hangul=방구|hanja=防具|labels=no}}': 'guard'
* '밤[밤ː]': 'chestnut' vs. '밤': 'night'

There are heterographs, but far fewer, contrary to the tendency in English. For example,
* '학문(學問)': 'learning' vs. '항문(肛門)': 'anus'.
Using [[hanja]] ({{Korean|hangul=한자|hanja=漢字|rr=|mr=|labels=no|context=}}), which are [[Chinese characters]], such words are written differently.

As in other languages, Korean homonyms can be used to make puns. The context in which the word is used indicates which meaning is intended by the speaker or writer.