짝

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ͈a̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [짝]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jjak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jjag
McCune–Reischauer?	tchak
Yale Romanization?	ccak

Etymology 1

짜짝짞짟짠짡짢 짣짤짥짦짧짨짩 짪짫짬짭짮짯짰 짱짲짳짴짵짶짷
지 ←	→ 째

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 짝 • (jjak)

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

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄧᅡᆨ (Yale: pcak).

1446, (deprecated template usage) 《훈민정음 해례》 48

ᄧᅡᆨ爲雙.

Noun

짝 • (jjak)

1. pair

   신발 한 짝

   sinbal han jjak

   a pair of shoes / one pair of shoes

   • 2016, 신향, 태극혜검 7(완결) (fiction), 뿔미디어, page 36:

     유, 유치하기 짝이 없구나.

     yu, yuchihagi jjagi eopguna.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. partner; mate

   옆에 있는 너의 짝과 같이 공부해라.

   yeope inneun neoui jjakgwa gachi gongbuhaera.

   Study with your partner next to you.

Synonyms

• 벌 (beol)
• 쌍 (雙, ssang)

Derived terms

• 짝수 (짝數, jjaksu, “even number”)
• 짝하다 (jjakhada, “to form a pair”)