Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 수ᇧ (Yale: swusk).
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | sut |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | such |
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McCune–Reischauer? | sut |
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Yale Romanization? | swuch |
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Noun
숯 • (sut)
- charcoal
숯(불)을 피우다- sut(bul)eul piuda
- to make charcoal fire
- 숯을 굽다 ― sucheul gupda ― to burn or make charcoal
Synonyms
- 목탄 (木炭, moktan)
- 신탄 (薪炭, sintan, “firewood and charcoal”)
Derived terms
- 숯가루 (sutgaru, “charcoal powder, carbon black”)
- 숯가마 (sutgama, “charcoal kiln”)
- 숯검정 (sutgeomjeong, “soot”)
- 숯내 (sunnae, “smell of charcoal on fire”)
- 숯덩이 (sutdeong'i, “charcoal lump”)
- 숯머리 (sunmeori, “headache caused by smelling burning charcoal”)
- 숯불 (sutbul, “charcoal fire”)
- 장작 (長斫, jangjak, “firewood”)
See also
- 땔나무 (ttaellamu, “firewood”)
- 땔감 (ttaelgam, “things to keep the fire burning”)
- 연료 (燃料, yeollyo, “fuel”)