숙제
sukje · TOPIK 1
homework
📚✏️ 宿題 = lodge overnight (宿) + topic (題): the question that stays the night
Hanja 宿 (숙) means to lodge or stay overnight, as in 숙소 (lodging). 題 (제) means topic or problem, as in 문제 (problem) and 주제 (theme). Homework is the problem that goes home and stays overnight. Same word as Japanese 宿題 (shukudai).