쌀

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [s͈a̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [쌀]

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

Etymology 1

싸싹싺싻싼싽싾 싿쌀쌁쌂쌃쌄쌅 쌆쌇쌈쌉쌊쌋쌌 쌍쌎쌏쌐쌑쌒쌓
시 ←	→ 쌔

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 쌀 • (ssal)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅆ, ㅏ, and ㄹ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄡᆞᆯ (Yale: psol). The Middle Korean p- is still preserved in many compounds where 쌀 is the second element, such as 멥쌀 (mepssal) and 찹쌀 (chapssal).

Vovin (2015) argues that it could be a Japonic loan, connecting it with Japanese 早稲 (wase, “early-ripening rice”), with two assumptions:

• That the initial p- came from a phonological inability to render initial Japonic w-.
• That the final consonant was originally present in early Japonic but had been eliminated in the insular languages.

Noun

쌀 • (ssal)

1. rice
2. white hulled grains of barley, wheat, etc.

Synonyms

• 미 (米, mi)
• 벼 (byeo, “rice plant”)
• 볍쌀 (byeopssal)

Derived terms

• 멥쌀 (mepssal)
• 묵은쌀 (mugeunssal)
• 밀쌀 (milssal)
• 보리쌀 (borissal)
• 쌀가게 (ssalgage)
• 쌀가루 (ssalgaru)
• 쌀가마 (ssalgama)
• 쌀값 (ssalgap)
• 쌀겨 (ssalgyeo)
• 쌀농사 (쌀農事, ssallongsa)
• 쌀눈 (ssallun)
• 쌀독 (ssaldok)
• 쌀되 (ssaldoe)
• 쌀뒤주 (ssaldwiju)
• 쌀뜨물 (ssaltteumul)
• 쌀밥 (ssalbap)
• 쌀벌레 (ssalbeolle)
• 쌀보리 (ssalbori)
• 쌀부대 (쌀負袋, ssalbudae)
• 쌀알 (ssaral)
• 쌀장사 (ssaljangsa)
• 쌀장수 (ssaljangsu)
• 쌀죽 (ssaljuk)
• 쌀풀 (ssalpul)
• 옴쌀 (omssal)
• 웁쌀 (upssal)
• 입쌀 (ipssal)
• 좁쌀 (jopssal)
• 찹쌀 (chapssal)
• 햅쌀 (haepssal)

 

Related terms

• 싸라기 (ssaragi)
• 싸전 (싸廛, ssajeon)

See also

• 떡 (tteok): Korean dough of boiled rice or other cereals, ground or mashed
• 밥 (bap): meal; boiled rice, sometimes mixed with other cereals such as barley
• 죽 (juk): gruel, soup, pap