졸작

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [졸짝]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	joljak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	joljag
McCune–Reischauer?	cholchak
Yale Romanization?	colqcak

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 拙作, from 拙 (“awkward, clumsy”) + 作 (“work, composition”).

Noun

졸작 • (joljak) (hanja 拙作)

1. poor-quality work; subpar work (especially of a piece of writing)
2. (humble) my crude writing; used to humbly refer to one's own work

Coordinate terms

• 망작 (亡作, mangjak, “rubbish work”)
• 범작 (凡作, beomjak, “average work”)
• 수작 (秀作, sujak, “good work”)
• 명작 (名作, myeongjak, “excellent work”)
• 걸작 (傑作, geoljak, “masterpiece”)

Etymology 2

Noun

졸작 • (joljak) (hanja 卒作)

1. Short for 졸업작품(卒業作品) (joreopjakpum, “graduation project, especially in art schools”).