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TOPIK 6noun

개화기

gaehwagi

개화기가 · 개화기를

Enlightenment period (late 19th to early 20th century)

Example

개화기에는 신문과 전차 같은 새로운 문물이 들어왔어요.

During the Enlightenment period, new things like newspapers and streetcars arrived.

Word parts

개 open화 change기 period

Literally 'enlightenment period', roughly the 1870s to 1910.