떡

떡 (tteok, “rice-dough cake”).

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄯᅥᆨ (Yale: stek). The presumed Old Korean root is *돋 (dot). Relationships with the Manchu term ᡨᡝᡨ (tet, “millet”) have been hypothesized.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͈ʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [떡]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tteok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tteog
McCune–Reischauer?	ttŏk
Yale Romanization?	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, “byeong”)

Derived terms

• 떡가래 (tteokgarae)
• 떡가루 (tteokgaru, “rice-cake flour”)
• 떡갈비 (tteokgalbi)
• 떡고물 (tteokgomul)
• 떡국 (tteokguk)
• 떡메 (tteongme)
• 떡밥 (tteokbap)
• 떡방아 (tteokbang'a)
• 떡보 (tteokbo)
• 떡볶이 (tteokbokki)
• 떡살 (tteoksal)
• 떡소 (tteokso)
• 떡시루 (tteoksiru)
• 떡쌀 (tteokssal)
• 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

References

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

Etymology 2

Adverb

떡 • (tteok)

1. wide
2. resolutely