칠판

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blackboard, chalkboard

🖍️ 칠판 = 칠 (漆 lacquer, paint) + 판 (板 board): a painted board

From hanja 漆板. 칠 means lacquer or a coat of paint, as in 칠하다 (to paint). 판 means board or plank, as in 간판 (signboard) and 게시판 (bulletin board). A blackboard is literally a board coated in dark paint.

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