교통

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traffic, transportation

🚦🚗 交通 = cross (교) + pass through (통): paths crossing and flowing

From hanja 交通. 교 (交) means to cross or exchange, as in 교환 (exchange). 통 (通) means to pass through, as in 통과 (passing). Traffic is literally things crossing and getting through.

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