땅

땅 U+B545, 땅 HANGUL SYLLABLE DDANG Composition: ㄸ + ㅏ + ㅇ ← 땄 [U+B544] Hangul Syllables 땆 → [U+B546]

따딱딲딳딴딵딶 딷딸딹딺딻딼딽 딾딿땀땁땂땃땄 땅땆땇땈땉땊땋
디 ←	→ 때

Korean

Alternative forms

• ᄯᅡᆼ (ttang) (Early Modern)

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄯᅡᇂ〮 (Yale: stáh), from pre-Middle Korean *s(ò)ták. The modern form, first attested in the seventeenth century, is not directly descended from Seoul Middle Korean but from an unattested dialectal form in which the final velar was nasalized to *s(ò)táng. The direct descendant of the Middle Korean is 따 (tta, “earth; land”), which is now archaic.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͈a̠ŋ]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [땅]

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

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 땅의 / 땅에 / 땅까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

땅 • (ttang)

1. earth, land (as opposed to the sea or ocean)

   Synonyms: 뭍 (mut), 육지(陸地) (yukji)

2. ground, soil

   Synonym: 흙 (heuk)

3. territory

   Synonym: 영토(領土) (yeongto)

Derived terms

• 땅값 (ttanggap)
• 땅굴 (ttanggul)
• 땅덩어리 (ttangdeong'eori)
• 땅덩이 (ttangdeong'i)
• 땅따먹기 (ttangttameokgi)
• 땅바닥 (ttangbadak)
• 땅벌 (ttangbeol)
• 땅볼 (ttangbol)
• 땅콩 (ttangkong)
• 맨땅 (maenttang)
• 하늘땅 (haneulttang)

 

See also

• 물 (mul, “water”)
• 바다 (bada, “sea, ocean”)
• 천지(天地) (cheonji)
• 하늘 (haneul, “sky, heaven”)
• 地 (ji), the hanja for land
• 土 (to), the hanja for soil