오른쪽

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right side

오른쪽 — right side

👉 오른쪽 = 오른 (right) + 쪽 (side)

오른 comes from 옳다, to be correct, so the right side is literally the correct side, just as English right means both. 쪽 means side or direction and also appears in 왼쪽 (left side) and 이쪽 (this way).

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