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섀 ←→ 세

Korean

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Etymology 1

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 석〯 (Yale: sĕk).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏk
Yale Romanization?sēk
Korean numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b], [c]
    Native isol.: (set)
    Native attr.: (se), (dated) (seok), (archaic) (seo)
    Sino-Korean: (sam)
    Hanja:
    Ordinal: 셋째 (setjjae)

Numeral

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(seok)

  1. (dated or fossilized) three (before certain classifiers)
    Synonym: (se, more productive equivalent)
    seok janthree cups
    seok nyangthree nyangs (a unit of old Korean coinage.
    seok doethree does (≒5.4 liters.), Korean unit of measure.
    seok seomthree seoms (≒540 liters.)
    seok jathree jas (≒90.9 cm), the Korean foot.

Etymology 2

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Of native Korean origin. Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form (seok)
Yang-form (sak)
Consonant set
Plain (seok)
Intensive (sseok)
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏk
Yale Romanization?sek

Ideophone

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(seok)

  1. (onomatopoeia, of paper, etc.) while cutting in one powerful stroke
  2. (by extension) while forcefully pushing, while forcefully extending (a line on paper, etc.)

Etymology 3

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(seok)

References

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  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 23. [1]
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
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