사탕
satang · TOPIK 1
candy
🍬 사탕 = 沙 sand + 糖 sugar: sandy sugar, i.e. candy
From hanja 沙糖, literally sand-sugar, the old word for granulated sugar that came to mean hard candy in Korean. 탕 (糖) is the same sugar syllable found in 설탕 (sugar). Sound hook: satang is close to 'sat down' with a sweet.