시장

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market

🛒 시장 = 市場: city/trade (시) + place (장), the trading place

Sino-Korean from 市場, the same hanja as Chinese shìchǎng and Japanese ichiba/shijō. 장 (場) is the place suffix also found in 운동장 (sports ground) and 주차장 (car park), so 시장 reads literally as trading place.

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