수박

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watermelon

🍉 수박 = 수 (water, 水) + 박 (gourd): a water gourd

수 is the Sino-Korean reading of 水, water, and 박 is the native Korean word for gourd. English builds the word the same way: water + melon. 박 also appears in 호박 (pumpkin), so the gourd family shares a syllable.

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