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TOPIK 6verb

형상화하다

hyeongsanghwahada

형상화해요 · 형상화했어요 · 형상화할 거예요 · 형상화하세요

to embody, to give concrete form to, to depict

Example

이 작품은 전쟁의 아픔을 형상화했습니다.

This work gives concrete form to the pain of war.

Word parts

형 shape상 image화 become

Literally 'turn into shape and image' — making the abstract visible.

Good to know

Common in art and literary criticism: 고통을 형상화하다 'to portray suffering in concrete form'.