쌍

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

싸싹싺싻싼싽싾 싿쌀쌁쌂쌃쌄쌅 쌆쌇쌈쌉쌊쌋쌌 쌍쌎쌏쌐쌑쌒쌓
시 ←	→ 쌔

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 쌍 • (ssang)

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

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 雙 (“pair”)

First attested in the Beon-yeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사, before 1517, as Middle Korean 솨ᇰ (swoyng).

1517, (deprecated template usage) 《번역박통사》 상:20

ᄒᆞᆫ 솨ᇰ 귀엿골회와 ᄒᆞᆫ 솨ᇰ ᄑᆞᆯ쇠 다가 호리라

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

• 짝 (jjak) (native Korean)

Derived terms

• 무쌍 (無雙, mussang)
• 쌍곡선 (雙曲線, ssanggokseon)
• 쌍안경 (雙眼鏡, ssang'an'gyeong)
• 쌍정 (雙晶, ssangjeong)

 

Etymology 3

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]