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Five Second Hanja (5) Day –날-일 (sun, daily, Japan)

Another easily remembered pictogram. With a slight twist of the imagination, ‘Day’ resembles the sun and is the character used for days of the week, eg: Friday – 금요일, and Birthday – 생일. It is also used...

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Five Second Hanja (12) Winter –겨울 –동

This character, meaning ‘winter,’ comprises two parts; the lower two strokes are what is known as the ‘radical’ and in this case signify ‘ice.’ These two strokes never appear independently as they are...

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Five Second Hanja (13) Gate; Family (문-문)

  This was the first hanja character I learnt as being sat next to the emergency exit on my first flight to Korea, it stared down at me for some 12 hours.  As a pictogram it is self explanatory.   ©...

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