U+C2E4, 실
HANGUL SYLLABLE SIL
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Hangul Syllables
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싀 ←→ 싸

Jeju

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Etymology

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See main entry at (ssil).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
Yale Romanization?sil

Noun

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(sil)

  1. Alternative form of (ssil, thread, string)

References

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  • ” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

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Etymology 1

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First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 실〯 (Yale: sǐl), from disyllabic Old Korean 糸利 (*SIli) attested as an element in a sixth-century personal name.[1] Cognate with Jeju (ssil).

Possibly an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing from Old Chinese (OC *slɯ, “silk”).[2] If so, related to Ancient Greek Σήρ (Sḗr, China), English silk.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰi(ː)ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
McCune–Reischauer?sil
Yale Romanization?sīl
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 실 / 실까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

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(sil)

  1. thread, yarn, string
    감다sir-eul gamdato wind thread
    엉키다sir-i eongkidaFor strings to be entangled
    바늘 꿰다sir-eul baneur-e kkwedaTo thread a needle (with a thread).
    다섯 타래sil daseot taraefive skeins of thread
    어제 실로 예쁜 양말 꿰맸어요.
    Eoje sillo cham yeppeun yangmar-eul kkwemaesseoyo.
    Yesterday, I sewed together really pretty socks with string.
  2. (figurative) a narrow thing, a thin object
Alternative forms
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  • (Gyeongsang, Harbin) (ssil)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
McCune–Reischauer?sil
Yale Romanization?sil

Noun

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(sil) (hanja )

  1. loss
    Antonym: 득(得) (deuk, gain)
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
McCune–Reischauer?sil
Yale Romanization?sil

Noun

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(sil) (hanja )

  1. work division, department (generally higher than a (gwa) or (bu))

Counter

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(sil) (hanja )

  1. Used to count the number of rooms

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English seal.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
McCune–Reischauer?ssil
Yale Romanization?qsil

Noun

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(sil)

  1. paper seal

Etymology 5

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(sil)

References

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  1. ^ 이승재 [iseungjae] (2017) ()()에 기록된 ()()()()() [The Old Korean Language Inscribed on Wooden Tablets], Ilchogak, →ISBN, page 306
  2. ^ Edwin G. Pulleyblank (2011) Middle Chinese: A Study in Historical Phonology, University of British Columbia Press, →ISBN, page 26
  • 《우리말샘》 [1]

Further reading

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  • Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 1055.

Middle Korean

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Etymology

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From Old Korean 糸利 (*SIli).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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실〯 (sǐl)

  1. thread, string

Descendants

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  • Korean: (sil)
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