의자

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chair

의자 — chair

🪑 의자 = 椅 (chair) + 子 (noun suffix); same word as Chinese yǐzi and Japanese isu

의 is the hanja 椅, meaning chair, and 자 is 子, a suffix that marks small everyday objects. The same 자 ends 모자 (hat) and 상자 (box), so the ending signals a household thing and 의 carries the chair meaning.

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