This article is about the set of Korean words that had its roots in the Chinese language. For the Korean use of Chinese characters, please see Hanja. Sino-Korean or Hanja-eo refers to the set of words in the Korean language vocabulary that originated from or were influenced by the Chinese language. The Sino-Korean lexicon consists of both words coined in the Korean language using Chinese characters and words that were borrowed directly from the Chinese language.
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