동생

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younger sibling

👶 동생 = 同生: same (동) + born (생) — born of the same parents, after you

From Sino-Korean 同生, literally same-birth: someone born to the same parents. In Korean it narrowed to mean the younger one. 생 is the same born/life syllable as in 생일 (birthday) and 학생 (student).

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