과자

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 菓子 (sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwaja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwaja
McCune–Reischauer?kwaja
Yale Romanization?kwaca

Noun

과자 (gwaja) (hanja 菓子)

  1. sweet; confection
  2. candy
  3. pastry; cake; cookie; cracker

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