모자

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hat, cap

모자 — hat, cap

🧢👒 모자 = 帽子: 帽 (hat) + 子 (noun suffix), same word as Chinese màozi

모 is the Korean reading of 帽 (hat) and 자 is 子, a suffix that marks small everyday objects, as in 의자 (椅子, chair) and 상자 (箱子, box). Chinese màozi and Japanese bōshi are the same two characters, so one word covers three languages.

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