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character story:

Every expedition starts with the 正 정 first or correct 彳척 step.

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Vocab:

征服 정복* conquest

征伐 정벌* subjugation

遠征 원정 military expedition

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character story:

A guest always comes to one’s 家 (宀) 가 house with a 少 소 small amount of precious gifts like 貝 패 shells from the far away ocean.

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Vocab:

貴賓 귀빈 important guest; VIP

主賓 주빈 guest of honor

來賓 내빈 guest

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沙 사 sand

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character story:

水 수 water makes very 少 소 few rocks into many grains of sand.

OR

A desert with very 少 소 few sources of 水 수 water is full of sand.

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Vocab:

白沙場 백사장 sandy beach

沙漠 사막 desert

黃沙現象 황사현상 dust storm

沙汰 (산/눈)사태 landslide (on mountain/avalanche)

沙器 사기 porcelain; earthenware

沙鉢 사발 porcelain bowl

沙工 사공 boatman

沙果 사과 apple

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**can add 이다 to make an adjective form

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尖 첨 sharp

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character story:

Like a needle, it is 大 대 big at the base and 小 소 small at the tip, making it sharp!

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Vocab:

尖端 첨단 cutting edge

尖銳 첨예* acute, sharp; radical

尖銳分子 첨예분자 radical person, group within a larger group/movement

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之 지 go, grammatical particle

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character story:

之 지 looks similar to a person running along a path.

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Vocab:

While there are many idioms that make use of 之 지, there are no words. 之 serves an important grammatical purpose within classical Chinese, in which Korean was also historically written, so it is frequently seen there.

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乞 걸 request, beg

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character story:

The original meaning of 乞 걸 was derived from the image of wind blowing away one’s fortunes, etc.

Personally, I imagine it as the arm of a beggar offering a bowl for alms.

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Vocab:

This word has no modern uses in Korean!

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乙 을 second heavenly stem

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character story:

The character’s shape is derived from a bird sitting in a pond, the original meaning being bird. It also looks like the number 2 in arabic numerals, and it is the second of the ten Heavenly Stems (天干), after 甲 갑.

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Vocab:

甲乙 갑을 a power dynamic in a relationship that is a common part of Korean culture, especially in the workplace.

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忍

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character story:

Not many can endure the cruelty of a 刃 인 knife in the 心 심 heart.

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Vocab:

忍耐 인내 endurance

endure x endure

忍耐心 인내심 patience, endurance

endure x endure x heart

忍從 인종 resignation

endure x through

殘忍 잔인* cruel

injure x cruel

忍苦 인고 long endurance

endure x hardship

忍冬草 인동초 honeysuckle

endure x winter x grass

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**can add 이다 to make an adjective form