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Where does “재벌” come from?

재벌 (Korean) comes from Chinese 財閥, from Japanese ざいばつ — 財閥 zaibatsu.

재벌 (Korean): chaebol/jaebol, zaibatsu

Definitions

  1. chaebol/jaebol, zaibatsu

Ancestry of “재벌”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese財閥zaibatsu; chaebol; jaebol ; plutocracy; plutocrat
2Japaneseざいばつ財閥 zaibatsu

Words derived from “재벌”

  • chaebol
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