포도

podo · TOPIK 1

grape(s)

🍇 podo = 葡萄, the same word as Chinese pútao and Japanese budō

포도 is the Korean reading of the hanja 葡萄. The word travelled east along the Silk Road with the fruit itself, so Chinese pútao, Japanese budō and Korean podo are all one borrowed word. Know one and the other two come nearly free.

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