여행하다

yeohaenghada · TOPIK 1

to travel

🧳✈️ 旅行 + 하다 = journey-go + do: to do a journey

여행 is the Korean reading of hanja 旅行: 旅 (yeo, journey) + 行 (haeng, go). Adding 하다 (to do) turns the noun into a verb. Same 旅行 gives Chinese lǚxíng and Japanese ryokō.

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