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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.

반성
introspection – 反省 [banson]
발전
development – 發展 [baljeon]
방향
direction – 方向 [banghyang]
배반
betrayal, treachery, treason - 背叛 [baeban]
번식
multiplication; propagation; proliferation - 蕃息 [beonshik]
번영
prosperity - 繁榮 [peon-yeong]
법궤
Ark of the Covenant - 法櫃 [beopgwe]
변화산상
the Mount of Transfiguration - 變化山上 [byeonhwasansang]
본
origin, source, primary – 本 [bon]
본성
nature, essence - 本性 [bonseong]
본심
original mind — 本心 [bonshim]
본연
natural, original – 本然 [bonyeon]
본의
оriginal sense – 本意 [bonui]
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