서쪽
seojjok · TOPIK 1
west
🧭 서쪽 = 서 (西, west) + 쪽 (side, direction): the west side
서 is the Sino-Korean reading of 西, the same west found in 서양 (the West) and 서해 (West Sea). 쪽 is a native Korean word for side or direction, and it repeats in 동쪽, 남쪽, 북쪽 (east, south, north).