떡

떡 (tteok, “rice-dough cake”).

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as ᄯᅥᆨ (Yale: stek). The presumed Old Korean root is *돋. Relationships with the Japanese term 餅 (mochi) and the Manchu term tət ("millet") have been hypothesized.

Pronunciation

• IPA: t̤ʌk̚
• Phonetic hangul: 떡

Romanization

Revised	tteok	transliteration	tteog
McCune-Reischauer	ttŏk	Yale	ttek

Noun

떡 (tteok)

1. Any dough of rice or other cereals, ground before, or mashed after, steaming.
2. Specifically, a steamed cake of glutinous rice, often sweetened.

Synonyms

• 병 (byeong, 餠)

Derived terms

떡가래 (tteokgarae) 떡가루 (tteokgaru, “rice-cake flour”) 떡갈비 (tteokgalbi) 떡고물 (tteokgomul) 떡국 (tteokguk) 떡메 (tteongme) 떡밥 (tteokbap) 떡방아 (tteokbanga) 떡보 (tteokbo) 떡볶이 (tteokbokki) 떡살 (tteoksal) 떡소 (tteokso) 떡시루 (tteoksiru) 떡쌀 (tteoksaal) 떡판 (tteokpan)

가래떡 (garaetteok) 개떡 (gaetteok) 시루떡 (sirutteok) 쑥떡 (ssuktteok) 찰떡 (chaltteok) 떡 먹기 (tteok meokgi, “a piece of cake”)

See also

• tteok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:tteok

References

2000, Seo Jeong-beom (서정범), 國語語原辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books:

Etymology 2

Adverb

떡 (tteok)

1. wide
2. resolutely