닫다
datda · TOPIK 1
to close, shut
🚪 datda sounds like dat door: shut dat door = 닫다
The stem 닫 (dat) sounds like a clipped English that, as in shut dat door. Contrast with its opposite 열다 (yeolda, to open): 닫 ends in a hard stopped t, like a door clicking shut, while 열 ends in a flowing l.