남녀

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men and women

🚻 남녀 = 남 (男, man) + 녀 (女, woman): men and women

Two hanja side by side: 男 nam (male) and 女 nyeo (female). The same 남 appears in 남자 (man), and 女 is the 여 of 여자 (woman) — it is spelled 녀 here because it is not at the start of the word.

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