Where does “주먹밥” come from?

주먹밥 (Korean) comes from Korean 밥 — cooked rice; food, meal; feed.

주먹밥 (Korean): rice ball

Definitions

  1. rice ball

Ancestry of “주먹밥”, step by step

주먹밥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreancooked rice; food, meal; feed

via Korean 주먹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean주먹fist
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