단어
daneo · TOPIK 1
word, vocabulary item
📖 單語 = single (單 dan) + speech (語 eo): one unit of speech
Hanja 單 means single and 語 means language or speech, so 단어 is literally a single piece of language. 어 (語) recurs in 영어 (English), 한국어 (Korean) and 언어 (language), so learning it here pays off across many words.