설탕
seoltang · TOPIK 1
sugar
🍬 설탕 = 雪 snow + 糖 sugar: snow-sugar, the white sweet powder
From hanja 雪糖. 설 (雪) is the snow of 설경 (snowy scenery); 탕 (糖) is the sugar of 사탕 (candy) and 포도당 (glucose, with 糖 read as 당). White granulated sugar was named for being snow-white.