낙

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) enjoyment, joy, delight

Etymology 2
. Luoyang was the capital of many ancient Chinese empires, whence the figurative use.

Noun

 * 1)  any capital city, especially Seoul

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) enjoyment, joy, delight (especially a joy serving as a purpose of one's life)

Etymology 2
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Etymology 3
Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from.

Etymology 4
Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound. From  or. When preceded by another character in a compound, they take the form.

In the North Korean standard (and in the speech of Koreans in China, who use the Northern standard), these characters are always read as. However, this is the result of an artificial standardization of Sino-Korean readings. Before the establishment of North Korea, most dialects of Korean read the characters as in isolation and initial position, due to a phonological restriction against having word-initial.