도서관

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library

도서관 — library

📚🏛️ 도서관 = 圖 chart + 書 book + 館 hall: the hall of charts and books

Three hanja: 도 (圖, chart/diagram), 서 (書, book/writing), 관 (館, hall/building). 도서 alone means books, and 관 is the same building suffix found in 박물관 (museum) and 체육관 (gym). Same word as Chinese 图书馆 and Japanese 図書館.

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