가수

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singer

가수 — singer

🎤 歌手 = song (가) + hand/person skilled at it (수)

가 is 歌 (song), as in 가사 (lyrics). 수 is 手 (hand), which also marks a person with a skill, as in 선수 (athlete) and 목수 (carpenter). So a 가수 is literally a song-hand: someone whose trade is singing.

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