식당

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restaurant, dining hall

식당 — restaurant, dining hall

🍽️ 식당 = 食 eat + 堂 hall: an eating hall

Sino-Korean compound: 식 (食, eat/food) as in 음식 food and 식사 meal, plus 당 (堂, hall) as in 강당 lecture hall. Same hanja as Chinese 食堂 shítáng and Japanese 食堂 shokudō.

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