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TOPIK 5noun

서원

seowon

서원이 · 서원을

seowon, private Confucian academy

Example

한국의 서원 아홉 곳이 세계유산으로 지정되었어요.

Nine Korean seowon academies were designated as World Heritage sites.

Word parts

서 book원 institution

Literally 'book institution'; it combined a school with a shrine to scholars.

Good to know

Don't confuse it with 서당, a small village school where children learned basic characters.