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Hanja Time with Gary Routh

Jan 4, 2013

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Jini

in Gary’s Hanja Time, Special Features

Happy New Year and more lucky Hanjas Hidden in the Korean phrase for “Happy New Year”, 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (sae-hae book mahn-ee bah-deu-se-yo) is “Happy New Year” in Korean. 새 means “new” and 해 means “year”, and 많이 받으세요 means “receive a lot of (something)”. Those are all ‘native’ Korean. The 복 part is…
Hanja Time with Gary Routh

Dec 6, 2012

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Jini

in Magazine Spread

Hanja Time! A Single Stroke The simplest Hanja character must be the character for the number 1. It is pronounced일, and it looks like this: 一 Yep, it’s just a line. The numbers two (이) and three (삼) are just as simple: Two: 二 Three: 三 The characters for one, two, and three are…