학년

haknyeon · TOPIK 1

school year, grade level

🏫📅 학년 = 學 study + 年 year: a study-year, i.e. your grade

학 (學) is the study syllable in 학교 school and 학생 student; 년 (年) is year, as in 작년 last year. Written hak-nyeon but said hangnyeon, since ㄱ turns nasal before ㄴ. 삼학년 = third grade.

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