학생
haksaeng · TOPIK 1
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🎓📚 학생 = 學 (learn) + 生 (person, one who lives): a learning person
From hanja 學生. 학 (學) means study, as in 학교 school and 대학 university. 생 (生) means life or person, as in 선생 teacher (one born earlier). Same word as Chinese xuésheng and Japanese gakusei.