사람
saram · TOPIK 1
person
🧑 saram: from the verb salda (to live) — a person is one who lives
사람 comes from the verb 살다 (salda, to live) plus a noun-making ending, so it literally means a living one. The same root gives 삶 (salm, life) and 살 (sal, years of age). Learn the family together: live, life, person.