여행

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travel, trip

🧳✈️ 여행 = 旅 (journey) + 行 (go): going on a journey

From hanja 旅行. 여 (旅) means journey, as in 여권 (passport) and 여관 (inn). 행 (行) means to go, as in 비행기 (airplane) and 은행 (bank). Same word as Chinese lǚxíng and Japanese ryokō.

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