한복

hanbok · TOPIK 1

hanbok (traditional Korean clothing)

👘 한복 = 韓 (Korea) + 服 (clothing): Korean clothes

한 (韓) is the same Han as in 한국 (Korea) and 한글 (Korean script). 복 (服) means clothing, as in 교복 (school uniform) and 수영복 (swimsuit). So hanbok is literally Korea-clothing.

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