u/Dinoswarleaf

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Where to look up the 'parts' of native-korean words?

One thing I really love with learning hanja is it makes it easier to understand why words mean what they mean and how to pick up stuff you already know and apply it to new words (for example, I know 外 and 出張 so when I saw 외출/外出 without context I could guess its meaning first try)

One thing I struggle with is memorizing korean-native words. I kind of get the "parts" of the words sometimes just from exposure, but for example I just saw 휘파람, where I know why "파람" is here but I don't get what 휘 means. What does 감 in 장난감 mean? No idea (Edit: I asked Gemini and if it's right then that would have been very useful to know), and it's a little more difficult to look up vs if this was in hanja. Is there a good resource that will break down words in the same way hanja resources will? Thanks!

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u/Dinoswarleaf — 3 days ago