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TOPIK 4noun

한가위

hangawi

한가위가 · 한가위를

Hangawi (another name for Chuseok)

Example

가족과 함께 즐거운 한가위 보내세요.

Have a happy Chuseok with your family.

Word parts

Native word: 한 'great' + 가위, an old word for the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

Good to know

Common in greetings and in the saying 더도 말고 덜도 말고 한가위만 같아라 'no more, no less — may every day be like Hangawi'.