과일
gwail · TOPIK 1
fruit
🍎🍇 gwa-il: gwa is the fruit syllable, also in sagwa (apple)
과일 comes from Sino-Korean 과실 (果實, fruit + seed); the middle s sound wore away over time. The same 과 (果) turns up in 사과 (apple) and 과수원 (orchard), so spotting 과 often signals fruit.