댁

daek · TOPIK 1

home, house (honorific)

🏠 댁 = hanja 宅 (house), the respectful word for someone else's home

댁 comes from the hanja 宅, the same character in 주택 (housing) and 자택 (one's own residence). Use it instead of 집 when speaking politely about another person's home. Sound hook: daek is a home with a deck.

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