This study aims to examine the condition and characteristics of mimetic words derived from verb among symbolic words. For this, the study gave up the definition that mimetic word is based on sound symbolism, and discussed what is the range of mimetic word. It is not appropriate to divide words into two as symbolic words and non-symbolic words. From this perspective, the study set up pseudo-symbolic word and quasi-symbolic word,
There were total 623 mimetic words derived from verb, which occupies 18% of entire Korean symbolic words.
As the result of classifying the symbolic words derived from verb in types, verbs that verbs that are the original form of mimetic word tend to have more developed negative vowel than positive vowel. And in the relationship between verb and mimetic word, the direction of derivation integrally occurred from verb to mimetic word.