일본
ilbon · TOPIK 1
Japan
🗾 일본 = 日 (il, sun) + 本 (bon, origin): the sun's origin
Hanja 日本 reads il-bon in Korean. 日 (일) means sun or day, as in 일요일 (Sunday); 本 (본) means root or origin. Same characters as Japanese Nihon/Nippon, the land where the sun originates.