# South Korea license plate: Motorcycle

> The South Korea motorcycle license plate: format 999999, for example 489785, 2026 to today, motorcycle. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [South Korea license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea) (21 registration series).

![South Korea license plate, Motorcycle (2026 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-motorcycle-2026/south-korea-license-plate-motorcycle.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 2026 → today |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle |
| Plate size | 210 × 150 mm |
| Colours | background Art. 4(2): 이륜자동차번호판은 분홍빛 흰색 바탕에 보랏빛 검은색 문자로 한다 #E4DFD8; characters #393D45 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `kr-motorcycle-2026` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/motorcycle-2026) |

A grammar no Korean car has: the first digit is a vehicle-type code (1–9), then a two-character use code — one private-use syllable plus a digit 1–9 — then the four-digit serial. No place name anywhere: 2026 finished on two wheels what 2004 did on four.

Sources:

- [law.go.kr](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000256300&type=XML)
- [고시 제2025-676호 부칙: '다만, 별표 15의2 제2호의 개정규정은 2026년 3월 20일부터 시행한다' — the character-metric amendment lands on the same day](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000268520&type=XML)
- [Annex 15-2 drawing: 이륜자동차번호판 210x150 mm, line 1 cells 31.5|48|31.5 at 46.5 mm, line 2 four cells of 45 at 68 mm, sample mark 1가2 / 3456](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474471)
- [자동차관리법 제49조 (이륜자동차 사용신고) and 제52조 (applying the registration-plate provisions to motorcycles)](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=law&LM=%EC%9E%90%EB%8F%99%EC%B0%A8%EA%B4%80%EB%A6%AC%EB%B2%95&type=XML)

## About this plate

THE NEW KOREAN MOTORCYCLE PLATE, in force 20 March 2026, bigger (210 x 150 mm against 210 x 115 mm), region-less, and with a genuinely new grammar: a leading vehicle-type digit that no car plate has, and a two-character use code made of a syllable plus a digit. It is the first Korean motorcycle plate to carry no geography, finishing on two wheels what the 2004 amendment did on four. The colours also change: Article 4(2) puts this plate on the same pinkish-white/purplish-black pair as cars, where the Annex 13/14/15 plate it replaces is white with BLUE characters.

## Region code notes

Art. 6 proviso expressly exempts the Annex 15-2 plate from the authority mark, the 2026 change that took geography off Korean motorcycles

## About the format

Digit skeleton only; the printed mark is 1가2 over 3456 on two lines, a one-digit VEHICLE-TYPE code, a hangul USE syllable, a one-digit use suffix, then a four-digit serial. Art. 5(2): "1. 차종 기호: 1부터 9까지의 숫자 1자리 기호 2. 용도 기호: 제1항에 따른 용도별 비사업용 기호 1자리와 1부터 9까지의 숫자 1자리를 순서대로 표시한 2자리 기호".

## Other motorcycle plates here

- [Motorcycle city](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/motorcycle-city) (documented since 2009)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-motorcycle-2026.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-korea?series=kr-motorcycle-2026
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/kr` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "kr-motorcycle-2026"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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