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짝

짝

Korean

짜짝짞짟짠짡짢
짣짤짥짦짧짨짩
짪짫짬짭짮짯짰
짱짲짳짴짵짶짷
지 ← → 째

Noun

짝 • ‎(jjak)

  1. pair
    신발 한 짝‎ ― sinbal han jjak ― a pair of shoes

Derived terms

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

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as ᄧᅡᆨ (Yale: pcak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕ͈a̠k̚/
  • Phonetic hangeul: 짝
Romanizations
Revised transcription jjak
Revised transliteration jjag
McCune–Reischauer tchak
Yale ccak

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