생일
saengil · TOPIK 1
birthday
🎂 생일 = 生 (birth) + 日 (day): birth-day
From hanja 生日: 생 (saeng) means birth or life, 일 (il) means day. Same characters as Chinese shēngrì. 일 is also the day in 일요일 (Sunday) and 생 the life in 인생 (human life), so the word is literally birth + day.