실
Korean
시식싞싟신싡싢 싣실싥싦싧싨싩 싪싫심십싮싯싰 싱싲싳싴싵싶싷 | |
싀 ← | → 싸 |
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Etymology 1
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 실 (Yale: sil).
Possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Chinese 絲 (OC *slɯ, “silk”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰi(ː)ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [실(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | sil |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sil |
McCune–Reischauer? | sil |
Yale Romanization? | sīl |
Noun
실 • (sil)
- thread
- (figurative) a narrow thing, a thin object
Derived terms
- 실밥 (silbap, “bits of thread”)
- 실바람 (silbaram, “wisp of wind, breeze”)
- 실반대 (silbandae, “coil of cotton”)
- 실뱀 (silbaem, “thin snake”)
Etymology 2
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰiɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [실]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | sil |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sil |
McCune–Reischauer? | sil |
Yale Romanization? | sil |
Syllable
실 (sil)
References
- Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 1055.