정류장

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stop (bus/tram)

🚏🚌 停留場 = stop (정) + stay (류) + place (장): the stop-and-stay place

Three hanja blocks: 정 (停) stop, 류 (留) stay, 장 (場) place. 장 is the same place-ending found in 운동장 (sports ground) and 주차장 (car park), so the word reads literally as the place where vehicles stop and wait.

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