철

철이 · 철을

iron

Example

철은 물에 오래 닿으면 녹이 슬어요.

Iron rusts if it touches water for a long time.

Word parts

Homonym warning: native 철 means 'season', as in 제철 'in season'.

Good to know

철이 들다 is a different, native 철: it means 'to grow up, to mature'.

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