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Sino-Korean

Sino-Korean (한자어) refers to Korean words of Chinese origin. Sino-Korean vocabulary includes borrowed directly from Chinese, as well as new Korean words created from Chinese characters, and words borrowed from Sino-Japanese vocabulary.

합성
compound, synthesis - 合性 [hapseong]
해방
Liberation, independence – 解放 [haebang]
행동
action, operation – 行動 [haengdong]
행방
whereabouts - 行方 [haengbang]
행위
an act, behavior - 行爲 [haeng'wi]
행음
committing adultery - 行淫 [haengum]
향
facing - 向 [hyang]
헌제
to offer sacrifices - 獻祭 [heonje]
혁명
revolution - 革命 [hyeongmyeong]
혁신
renovation – 反省 [hyeogshin]
현세
nowadays, present days - 現世 [hyeonse]
혈연
consanguinity, blood relationship, ties of blood - 血緣 [hyeol-yeon]
혈통
lineage, bloodline – 血統 [hyeoltong]
형상
hyeongsang — 形狀 [hyeongsang]
형성
formation – 形成 [hyeongseong]
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