한강

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Han River

🌊 한강 = 한 (漢, Han) + 강 (江, river): the Han River of Seoul

강 (江) is the Sino-Korean word for river, so it ends many river names: 낙동강, 금강, 압록강. The 한 is written 漢 in hanja, but is often traced to a native Korean word meaning great or big, so the name reads as the great river.

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