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First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean한새 (Yale: hansay), 하(ha-, “big; great”) + ㄴ(-n) + 새(say, “bird”). Possibly contaminated by 黃(hwang, “yellow”). For a similar change, see 황소(hwangso, “bull”).
