어린이
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child
🧒 어린 (young) + 이 (person) = young person, a child
어리다 means to be young; its modifier form 어린 joins 이, a noun meaning person. The word was popularised in the 1920s by Bang Jeong-hwan as a respectful term for children, as in 어린이날 (Children's Day).