요리
yori · TOPIK 1
cooking, dish
🍳🍲 料理 = ingredients (料) + manage (理): handling ingredients = cooking
요리 comes from hanja 料理. 料 (료, becoming 요 at the start of a word) means material or ingredients, as in 재료. 理 (리) means to manage or put in order, as in 정리. Putting ingredients in order is cooking, and the result is a dish.