유명하다

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to be famous

🌟 有名 = have (有) + name (名): to have a name is to be famous

유 (有) means to have, as in 유료 (paid) or 유리 (advantage). 명 (名) means name, as in 명함 (name card). Add 하다 to make it a descriptive verb: someone who has a name everyone knows is famous. Same hanja as Japanese 有名 (yūmei).

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