흰색

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white (color)

🥚🥛 흰색 = 흰 (white, from 희다) + 색 (色, color)

흰 is the modifier form of 희다, to be white; 색 is the hanja 色, the same color suffix found in 빨간색 (red) and 파란색 (blue). Learn 색 once and every color word splits the same way: descriptor + 색.

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