# South Korea license plate: Motorcycle city

> The South Korea motorcycle city license plate: format 9999, for example 2822, documented since 2009, motorcycle.

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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 city (documented since 2009)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-motorcycle-city/south-korea-license-plate-motorcycle-city.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2009 → today (documented from 2009; the format is likely older) |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle |
| Plate size | 210 × 115 mm |
| Colours | background #F2F2F2; characters #1F3F8F |
| 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-city` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/motorcycle-city) |

The top line is pure geography — the province mark plus the city, county or district name, the only current Korean plate to name one. The syllable comes from a motorcycle-only 28-set: see an aspirate like 차, 카, 타 or 파 and you are looking at two wheels.

Sources:

- [Annex 13 drawing: 이륜자동차 번호판(시·군·구의 명칭이 한 자리인 경우) 210x115 mm, line 1 서울 중 at 20 mm, line 2 가1234 at 51 mm](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474425)
- [Annex 14 drawing, two-syllable local name, sample 서울 관악 / 가1234](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474431)
- [Annex 15 drawing, three-syllable local name](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474437)
- [Art. 2(2)3 (when this plate may still be used), Art. 4(2) proviso (white ground, BLUE characters), Art. 5(3) (the 28-syllable set), Art. 6 main clause (provincial mark plus city/county/district name)](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000256300&type=XML)
- [law.go.kr](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2000000009069&type=XML)

## About this plate

THE CITY-NAMED MOTORCYCLE PLATE, white with BLUE characters, the only blue-lettered plate in the Korean system, and the only current plate that names a district rather than just a province. From 20 March 2026 it is no longer the default: Article 2(2)3 keeps it alive only where mounting space is short or where lamps and reflectors would clash with the larger Annex 15-2 plate, so it stays OPEN rather than ended.

## About the format

Digit skeleton only, and this series elides THREE hangul elements: the printed mark is 서울 중 over 가1234, a two-syllable provincial authority mark, a one-to-three-syllable city/county/district name, then a hangul use syllable and the four-digit serial. Only the four digits survive into the pattern.

## Other motorcycle plates here

- [Motorcycle](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/motorcycle-2026) (2026 to today)

## Use it

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

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