파란색

paransaek · TOPIK 1

blue (color)

🫐 파란색 = paran (blue, from 파랗다) + saek (色, color)

색 is the hanja 色, the same color suffix found in 빨간색 (red) and 노란색 (yellow). 파란 is the modifier form of the native adjective 파랗다, to be blue. So the word is literally blue-color: learn 색 once and every color name gets easier.

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