이것

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this (thing), this one

👇 이것 = 이 (this) + 것 (thing): literally this-thing

이 marks something near the speaker and 것 is the generic noun for thing. Swap the first syllable to get the set: 그것 (that, near you) and 저것 (that, over there). In speech it often shortens to 이거.

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