장 (Jang) — General, Marketplace, Chief, Sauce — Korean Civilization in One Syllable
장 (Jang) — General, Marketplace, Chief, Sauce — Korean Civilization in One SyllableIf 수 (su) captures Korean daily reality, 장 (jang) captures Korean civilization — its military history, its public spaces, its corporate hierarchy, and — most uniquely — its K-food culture. It is the syllable behind the word for general (장군, jang-gun, 將), behind market (시장, si-jang, 場), behind company president (사장..
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수 (Su) — Water, Hand, Number, Way — Four Pillars of Korean Daily Reality
수 (Su) — Water, Hand, Number, Way — Four Pillars of Korean Daily RealityIf 화 (hwa) captures Korean culture and emotion, 수 (su) captures Korean daily reality. It is the syllable behind the word for swimming (수영, su-yeong, 水), behind surgery (수술, su-sul, 手), behind mathematics (수학, su-hak, 數), and — most importantly for Korean grammar — behind the most fundamental Korean expression of possibility ..
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