날짜

naljja · TOPIK 1

date (calendar)

📅 날짜 = 날 (day) + 짜 (from 자 字, written character): the day in writing

날 is the native Korean word for day, as in 오늘날 (nowadays) and 생일날 (birthday). The second part traces to 자 (字, character), tensed to 짜 in the compound. So a date is the day as it gets written down on a calendar.

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