서점

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bookstore

📚🏪 서점 = 서 (書, writing/book) + 점 (店, shop): a book shop

서 is the same 書 found in 도서관 (library) and 서류 (documents). 점 is the 店 that ends many shop words: 백화점 (department store), 편의점 (convenience store). Learn the two halves and each new 서 or 점 word comes half-known.

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