안

an · TOPIK 1

inside, interior

📦 an = in: swap one vowel and you are already inside

Korean 안 (an) sits one vowel away from English in, and the meaning matches. It works as a noun for the interior of something: 집 안 = inside the house, 안에 = on the inside. Note that 안 before a verb is a different word meaning not.

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