자동차

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car, automobile

🚗 自動車 = self (자) + move (동) + cart (차): a self-moving cart

Hanja 自動車 reads ja-dong-cha. 자동 (自動) alone means automatic, as in 자동문, automatic door. 차 (車) is any wheeled vehicle and is the everyday short word for car, also found in 기차, train.

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