친구
chingu · TOPIK 1
friend
🤝 親舊 = close + old: a friend is someone close you've known a long time
From hanja 親 (close, intimate) + 舊 (old, long-standing). The same 親 appears in 친절 (kind) and 친하다 (to be close). Sound hook: chingu starts like chin — a friend keeps your chin up.