세탁기

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washing machine

세탁기 — washing machine

🧺 세탁기 = 洗 wash + 濯 rinse + 機 machine

세탁 (洗濯) means laundry, built from two hanja that both mean to wash. 기 (機) is the machine suffix, the same one in 비행기 (airplane) and 청소기 (vacuum cleaner). So the word reads literally as laundry machine.

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