연습

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practice

🎹 練習 = drill (練) + learn by repetition (習)

Sino-Korean 연습 comes from hanja 練習. 練 (연) means to drill or refine, as in 훈련 (training). 習 (습) means to learn through repetition, as in 학습 (study) and 습관 (habit). Refine + repeat = practice.

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