땅

Korean

Alternative forms

• ᄯᅡ (sta) (obsolete, unofficial)

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄯᅡᆼ (Yale: stang). (connective form: ᄯᅡᇂ (stah)).

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

땅 • (ttang)

1. earth (as opposed to the sky or heaven)
2. land (as opposed to the sea or ocean), ground, soil, estate
3. territory

Synonyms

• 대지 (大地, daeji, “earth”)
• 육지 (陸地, yukji, “land”)
• 토지 (土地, toji, “soil, ground”)
• 영토 (領土, yeongto, “territory”)

Antonyms

• 하늘 (haneul, “sky, heaven”)
• 바다 (bada, “sea, ocean”)

Derived terms

• 땅덩이 (ttangdeong'i, “land mass, territory”)
• 하늘땅 (haneulttang, “heaven and earth”)

See also

• 뭍 (mut, “dry earth, land, shore”)
• 물 (mul, “water, (obsolete) river”)
• 닿다 (data, “to touch”)