서울역

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Seoul Station

🚉 서울역 = 서울 (Seoul) + 역 (station, hanja 驛)

역 comes from the hanja 驛, originally a relay post where horses were changed, which is why it carries the horse radical 馬. Add 역 to any place name to get its station: 부산역 is Busan Station, 강남역 is Gangnam Station.

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