발

bal · TOPIK 1

foot

발 — foot

🦶⚽ bal sounds like ball: a foot kicks the ball

발 (bal) sounds close to the English word ball, and the foot is the body part that kicks one. Say it as a pair: bal, ball, foot. The same 발 appears in 신발 (sinbal, shoes), literally wear + foot.

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