기차
gicha · TOPIK 1
train
🚂 기차 = 汽 (steam) + 車 (vehicle): a steam vehicle
기 is 汽, steam or vapour, and 차 is 車, vehicle, the same 차 found in 자동차 (car) and 마차 (horse cart). The word dates from the steam locomotive era and stuck for trains in general.
gicha · TOPIK 1
train
🚂 기차 = 汽 (steam) + 車 (vehicle): a steam vehicle
기 is 汽, steam or vapour, and 차 is 車, vehicle, the same 차 found in 자동차 (car) and 마차 (horse cart). The word dates from the steam locomotive era and stuck for trains in general.