요리하다

yorihada · TOPIK 1

to cook

🍳 요리 (料理, cooking) + 하다 (to do) = to do cooking

요리 comes from the hanja 料理: 料 (ingredients, materials) + 理 (to manage, put in order). Cooking is literally managing your ingredients. Add 하다 (to do) and the noun becomes the verb. Same word as Japanese ryōri.

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