쇠

쇠 U+C1E0, 쇠 HANGUL SYLLABLE SOE Composition: ㅅ + ㅚ ← 쇟 [U+C1DF] Hangul Syllables 쇡 → [U+C1E1]

쇠쇡쇢쇣쇤쇥쇦 쇧쇨쇩쇪쇫쇬쇭 쇮쇯쇰쇱쇲쇳쇴 쇵쇶쇷쇸쇹쇺쇻
쇄 ←	→ 쇼

See also: 쇠-

Korean

Etymology

First attested in personal name of 素那 as Old Korean 素.

In the hangul script, first attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 쇠〮 (Yale: swóy).

According to Fukui et al. (2017), this term might be related to Old Chinese 鎖 (*soːlʔ, “to lock”), as both share the sense of "key, lock" and the Pyongan dialectal form 쇄 (swae) coincides with the orthodox Korean reading of 鎖 (swae).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰwe̞] ~ [sʰø̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [쉐/쇠]

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

Noun

쇠 • (soe)

1. iron
2. metal
3. a tool made from iron like key, lock etc.

Derived terms

• 걸쇠 (geolsoe)
• 구두쇠 (gudusoe)
• 놋쇠 (notsoe)
• 문쇠 (munsoe)
• 방아쇠 (bang'asoe)
• 쇠붙이 (soebuchi)
• 쇠사슬 (soesaseul)
• 쇠살 (soesal)
• 쇠솥 (soesot)
• 쇠틀 (soeteul)
• 쇳돌 (soetdol)
• 시쇠 (sisoe)
• 열쇠 (yeolsoe)
• 자물쇠 (jamulsoe)
• 철쇠 (cheolsoe)

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sój/

Noun

쇠〮 (swóy)

1. metal

Descendants

• Korean: 쇠 (soe)