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여명 what is 여
전체 인구 1만 여명의 세계에서 ..
What does 여 mean in 여명?
Feb 15, 2019 9:30 AM
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전체 인구 1만여 명
Total population of 10 thousand odd
Total population of more than 10 thousand
여: ‘그 수를 넘음’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.
여 is a suffix which means "more than, over, above"
e.g.
백여 명
a hundred odd men
20여 년
more than twenty years
February 15, 2019
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it means 'about/around'. but the number should be more than the inticated number.
ex) 10여명 : about 10 people (but more than 10)
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