빨간색

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red (color)

🍎🌹 빨간 (red, from 빨갛다) + 색 (色, color) = red color

빨갛다 is the native Korean adjective for red; its modifier form 빨간 attaches to 색, the Sino-Korean reading of 色 (color). The same -색 ending builds other color nouns: 파란색 blue, 노란색 yellow, 하얀색 white.

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