쌍

쌍 U+C30D, 쌍 HANGUL SYLLABLE SSANG Composition: ㅆ + ㅏ + ㅇ ← 쌌 [U+C30C] Hangul Syllables 쌎 → [U+C30E]

싸싹싺싻싼싽싾 싿쌀쌁쌂쌃쌄쌅 쌆쌇쌈쌉쌊쌋쌌 쌍쌎쌏쌐쌑쌒쌓
시 ←	→ 쌔

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [s͈a̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [쌍]

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 雙 (“pair”)

First attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean 솨ᇰ (Yale: swoyng).

1517, 《번역박통사》 상:20

ᄒᆞᆫ 솨ᇰ 귀엿골회와 ᄒᆞᆫ 솨ᇰ ᄑᆞᆯ쇠 다가 호리라

Alternative forms

• ᄡᅡᆼ (ssang) — Early Modern

Noun

쌍 • (ssang) (hanja 雙)

1. pair

   눈 한 쌍

   nun han ssang

   a pair of eyes

   젓가락 한 쌍

   jeotgarak han ssang

   a pair of chopsticks

Synonyms

• (native Korean) 짝 (jjak)

Derived terms

• 무쌍(無雙) (mussang)
• 쌍(雙)둥이 (ssangdung'i)
• 쌍(雙)브이 (ssangbeu'i)
• 쌍곡선(雙曲線) (ssanggokseon)
• 쌍안경(雙眼鏡) (ssang'an'gyeong)
• 쌍정(雙晶) (ssangjeong)

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

쌍 • (ssang)

1. 雙: pair

   (eumhun reading: 짝 쌍 (jjak ssang))
   (MC reading: 雙 (MC sraewng))

2. 双: alternative form of 雙

   (MC reading: 双)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]