우체국
ucheguk · TOPIK 1
post office
🏤📮 우체국 = 郵 mail + 遞 deliver + 局 office: the mail-delivery bureau
Three hanja: 우 (郵) mail, 체 (遞) hand over or relay, 국 (局) bureau. The same 국 ends 약국 (pharmacy) and 방송국 (broadcasting station), and 우 starts 우편 (mail) and 우표 (stamp), so the word is literally mail-relay-office.