어깨
eokkae · TOPIK 1
shoulder
💪 sounds like UH-KAY: shrug your shoulders and say uh, okay
어깨 (eokkae) sounds close to a hesitant uh-kay. A shrug is the shoulder gesture that goes with that word, so the sound and the body part arrive together. The doubled ㄲ gives the tense, clipped k in the middle.