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TOPIK 4noun

산소

sanso

산소가 · 산소를

oxygen

Example

식물은 햇빛을 받아서 산소를 만들어요.

Plants take in sunlight and make oxygen.

Word parts

산 acid소 element

Literally 'acid element' — oxygen was once thought to be in all acids.

Good to know

Homonym: another 산소 means 'grave' (polite), as in 산소에 가다 'to visit a grave'.