한국어 낱말은 조각으로 되어 있다

You already know 학교. You probably know 학생 and 대학 too.

Look at them next to each other:

학교 · 학생 · 대학 · 학년

The same block keeps coming back. That is not a coincidence and it is not a spelling accident. 학 is a piece, and it means learning. Once you see it, you are no longer memorising four words. You are reading one piece four times.

Here are seven. You already know every word in the last column — that is the point. Nothing new is being asked of you today except to see the seam.