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U+B099, 낙
HANGUL SYLLABLE NAG
Composition: + +

[U+B098]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B09A]




끼 ←→ 내

Early Modern Korean

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from (joy, happiness).

Noun

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(nak) (hanja )

  1. enjoyment, joy, delight
Descendants
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  • Korean: 낙(樂) (nak), 락(樂) (rak)

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from (the Luo river, Luoyang). Luoyang was the capital of many ancient Chinese empires, whence the figurative use.

Noun

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(nak) (hanja )

  1. (figurative) any capital city, especially Seoul

Korean

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from (joy, happiness).

Noun

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South Korean
Standard Language
낙(樂) (nak)
North Korean
Standard Language
락(樂) (rak)

(nak) (hanja )

  1. enjoyment, joy, delight (especially a joy serving as a purpose of one's life)
    Synonyms: 재미 (jaemi), 즐거움 (jeulgeoum)
    아이 인생 이라는 이제 시대착오적 발상이다.
    ai-ga insaeng-ui nag-iraneun mar-eun ije sidaechagojeok balsang-ida.
    That [having] children is the joy of one's life is now an anachronistic notion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from (the Luo river, Luoyang).

Proper noun

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South Korean
Standard Language
낙(洛) (Nak)
North Korean
Standard Language
락(洛) (Rak)

(Nak) (hanja )

  1. (rare) Synonym of 낙수(洛水) (the Luo river, a central Chinese river)
  2. (rare) Synonym of 낙양(洛陽) (Luoyang, Chinese city and ancient capital)
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Etymology 3

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Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from Middle Korean 낙〮 (Yale: nák).

Syllable

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(nak)

Etymology 4

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound. From Middle Korean 낙〮 (Yale: nák) or (Yale: lák). When preceded by another character in a compound, they take the (rak) form.

In the North Korean standard (and in the speech of Koreans in China, who use the Northern standard), these characters are always read as (rak). However, this is the result of an artificial standardization of Sino-Korean readings. Before the establishment of North Korea, most dialects of Korean read the characters as (nak) in isolation and initial position, due to a phonological restriction against having word-initial [r-].

Syllable

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(nak)

References

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