Complete Korean translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
South Korea is a major e-commerce market and Korean consumers expect product information in Korean. If you sell clothing or textiles in Korea, care labels in Korean are expected. English-only labels cause confusion and often result in garment damage and returns. The product image translator for Shopify supports Korean for washing label images. This guide provides the complete translation reference and practical tips for the Korean market.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Korean for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the South Korea market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Korean-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Korean (한국어). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | 찬물 세탁기 사용 |
| Machine wash warm | 미지근한 물 세탁기 사용 |
| Hand wash only | 손세탁만 가능 |
| Do not wash | 세탁 금지 |
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | 표백 금지 |
| Bleach when needed | 필요시 표백 가능 |
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | 저온 건조기 사용 |
| Tumble dry medium | 중온 건조기 사용 |
| Do not tumble dry | 건조기 사용 금지 |
| Dry flat | 평평하게 건조 |
| Hang to dry | 걸어서 건조 |
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | 저온 다림질 |
| Iron medium heat | 중온 다림질 |
| Iron high heat | 고온 다림질 |
| Do not iron | 다림질 금지 |
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | 드라이클리닝만 가능 |
| Do not dry clean | 드라이클리닝 금지 |
South Korea is a top 5 e-commerce market with $120+ billion in annual sales. Mobile commerce dominates at 70%+ of transactions.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Korean-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Korean uses Hangul, a unique alphabetic system. Text is typically shorter than English. Proper fonts must support Hangul characters.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Korean in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Korean care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: