번호

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number

🔢 番號 = turn (番) + mark (號): the mark that tells whose turn it is

번 (番) means a turn or time, as in 한 번 = one time. 호 (號) is a mark or label, as in 신호 = signal. Together 번호 is the label assigned to each turn in a sequence, hence number, as in 전화번호 = phone number.

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