병원

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hospital, clinic

병원 — hospital, clinic

🏥 병원 = 病 sickness + 院 institution: the sickness institution

병 (病) means illness, as in 병 나다, to fall ill. 원 (院) is a walled institution, also found in 학원 (academy) and 대학원 (grad school). Same hanja as Chinese 病院 and Japanese 病院 (byōin).

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