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This paper will observe the characteristic of identical basic meanings and cognitive meanings of ‘kada’ and ‘qu’. As a using of high frequency word, the range of application is not only wide , ‘kada’ and ‘qu’ has a variety of meanings. On the strength of cognitive grammar, this paper will respectively observe the prototype meaning and extended meaning of ‘kada’ and ‘qu’ which will extend in what ways. At the same time, this paper will analyze similarities and differences. ‘kada’ and ‘qu’ have the same prototype meaning of 'move'. In the meanings of 'space migration', and 'disappear', ‘kada’ and ‘qu’ have the same meanings. Although they have the same basic and extended meanings, it does not mean that they are exactly the same. Because of cultural differences, they show different ways. ‘kada’ has got the extended meanings such as 'variation of status', 'continue', 'produce', 'reach' and so on. But ‘qu’ has not got these extended meanings. Needs to be noted is that the extended meaning of ‘kada’-'produce' is widely used in the usage of compound word. And 'qu' has an extended-meaning, that is 'remove', but 'kada' doesn't have this extended-meaning. Although this meaning has been showed in compound expression, Korean doesn’t show this compound corresponding relation. Auxiliary Verbs ‘kada’ has the meaning of 'continue'. By contrast ,directional complements ‘qu’ has various meanings abound. Although Auxiliary Verbs ‘kada’ has limited meanings, it has a strong grammatical function. Directional complements ‘qu’ has got various meanings such as 'direction', 'disappear', 'remove' and so on, but when it is combined with fixed words, compared with grammatical function, vocabulary meanings are more powerful.