"화투" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Korean]

IPA: [ɸwa̠tʰu] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: hwatu [romanization], 花鬪 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 花鬪, from 花 (“flower”) + 鬪 (“fight”). Latter half possibly taken from 투전 (鬪牋, tujeon, literally “fighting tablets”), traditional Korean playing cards that were replaced by hanafuda/hwatu during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|花鬪}}, {{ko-sino|花|flower|鬪|fight}} Sino-Korean word from 花鬪, from 花 (“flower”) + 鬪 (“fight”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=花鬪}} 화투 • (hwatu) (hanja 花鬪)
  1. (card games) hanafuda, a kind of playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, or any game played using them Wikipedia link: Korea under Japanese rule Derived forms: 화투하다 (hwatuhada), 민화투 (minhwatu)

Inflected forms

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