때
ttae · TOPIK 1
time, moment, occasion
⏰ ttae sounds like tie: time to tie up the moment
때 marks the moment something happens, often after a verb as -ㄹ 때 (when...). Tie the sound ttae to tie: each occasion is a point where an event gets tied to the clock. 그때 = that time, 이때 = this time.