U+C2F9, 싹
HANGUL SYLLABLE SSAG
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[U+C2F8]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C2FA]




시 ←→ 쌔

Korean

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 삯〮 (Yale: sáks).

Spontaneous gemination of the initial consonant is a periodic phenomenon in Early Modern and Modern Korean, influenced by sound symbolic effects.

Noun

• (ssak)

  1. bud; shoot; sprout
    Synonyms: (nun), (um)
  2. omen
Derived terms
  • 새싹 (saessak, (literally) new bud)
  • 싹트다 (ssakteuda, to bud; to sprout)
See also

Etymology 2

Intensification of (sak).

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form (sseok)
Yang-form (ssak)
Consonant set
Plain (sak)
Intensive (ssak)

• (ssak)

  1. (onomatopoeia, of paper, etc.) while cutting in one ready stroke
  2. (by extension) while pushing, while extending (a line on paper, etc.)
  3. truly entirely; truly sweepingly
    사람 나와?
    I jan kkaen saram-deul ssak an nawa?
    Every single person who broke this cup, come out!
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