Make your own Korean talisman.
Choose a wish. Take a breath. Let the brush move, and seal it with the animal of your birth year. About a minute, start to finish.
Make your talismanFree · No sign-up · For ages 13+
What is a bujeok?
A bujeok (부적) is a Korean folk talisman: a strip of yellow paper painted in red ink, carried or hung up as a small wish for luck, protection or health. People in Korea still tuck them into wallets and pencil cases before exams, new jobs and long trips.
Every talisman you make here is an original design, drawn fresh for you. It doesn’t promise anything — it’s a way to experience a Korean tradition, and a little reminder of what you hope for.
How it works
- Choose a wish from ten traditional themes and write it in one line.
- Enter your birthday to find your animal in the Korean zodiac. We don’t keep it.
- Breathe, brush and seal. Hold to let the brush write your wish in Yeongbumun, the talisman’s own script, then stamp your zodiac seal.
- Keep it close as a phone wallpaper, a short video or a link to share.
Watch one being made
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The ten wishes
Each wish has a plain Korean word at its heart. Tap one to learn what it means and how it’s used in Korea.
- LoveFor the heart you hope to find, or keep.
- WealthFor money that comes, and stays.
- ExamsFor the test that matters most.
- CareerFor the job, the raise, the leap.
- HealthFor healing, for you or someone you love.
- ProtectionFor safe roads and calm days.
- FamilyFor a home full of laughter.
- FriendshipFor the people meant to cross your path.
- New BeginningsFor the first step of something new.
- Peace of MindFor a quieter, lighter heart.
Learn more
- Where Korean talismans come fromFolk belief, Buddhism and Taoism, and how bujeok became part of everyday Korean life.
- Yellow paper, red ink: colors and symbolsWhy talismans are yellow and red, and what the sun, moon, clouds, knots and coins stand for.
- The Korean zodiac and Lunar New YearThe twelve animals, how your animal is counted, and a table of years to find your own.
- Seasonal wishes in KoreaSeollal, Ipchun, Daeboreum, Dano and Chuseok — the days Koreans traditionally make wishes.
- How people keep, give and retire a bujeokWhere to keep a talisman, giving one as a gift, and what to do with it when its time is up.