등산

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hiking, mountain climbing

⛰️🥾 등산 = 登 (climb) + 山 (mountain): climb-mountain

Sino-Korean compound: 등 (登) means to climb or ascend, 산 (山) means mountain. The same 산 appears in 화산 (volcano, fire-mountain) and 설악산 (Mount Seorak), and 등 in 등록 (register, climb onto the record).

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