Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jaekkak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jae'kkag
McCune–Reischauer?chaekkak
Yale Romanization?cay.kkak

Ideophone

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Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 재깍 (jaekkak)
Yang-form 제꺽 (jekkeok)
Consonant set
Plain 재깍 (jaekkak)
Intensive 째깍 (jjaekkak)

재깍 (jaekkak)

  1. (onomatopoeia)
    1. Conveys a quiet or subtle clicking noise (e.g. ticking of a clock)
    2. (of small solid objects) cracking or lightly bumping into each other
  2. Short for 재까닥 (jaekkadak, quickly; at once; with dispatch).

Derived terms

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