거리
geori · TOPIK 1
street
🛣️📏 Distance sense = 距離: 거 (距 apart) + 리 (離 separate); street is a native homonym
Two words share one spelling. Distance is Sino-Korean 距離, the same word as Chinese jùlí and Japanese kyori. Street is a native Korean word, also found in 길거리 (road + street). Verbal link: a street is the distance you walk.