A nomadic tribe began hawking in plain of Central Asia 4000 or 5000 years ago. Hawks hunting spread gradually to Middle East area of Iran, Iraq and India. Hawk was widely worshipped as the sun god in both East and West. After then, hawk has been used to hunting after being tamed. Hawking began to establish various culture including war, trade and sports.In korea, Hawks hunting has passed down to Chosun through Buyoe, Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla since Suksin tribe originated hawking. Korean hawking which has developed as significant national culture until the sixteenth century. began to decay slowly owing to relation with surrounding nations, famine caused by climatic change, and war. In recent years, the number of hawk declines and is on the brink of extinction because of environmental pollution, climatic change and rapid urbanization. Today hawk is preserves as the first class endangered species and hawking is protected as it was listed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.This study shows that origin of a many widely used words stems from hawks hunting our ancestor enjoyed. We need to scrutinize how words related to hawking has influenced Korean literature and how literary symbolism has developed through historical research.After this we can contribute to national pride about historical and cultural value related to hawk and hawking. We are able to understand Korean aesthetic sense. Though language has changed continuously. the origin of word whose root passed down never disappears.To know the root of word which has disappeared means that we know our culture ancestor has preserved. Though hawk and hawking is on the brink of extinction, we identify historical records, reinvent them into literary works and will continue to use words stemmed from hawk and hawking in everyday language. It is our effort and future generation’s duty that we should use a word and its origin correctly.