자취

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 자최〮 (càchwóy), from Old Korean 跡烏 (*CACHwo).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 자최〮 (Yale: càchwóy).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠t͡ɕʰɥi] ~ [t͡ɕa̠t͡ɕʰy]
Phonetic hangul: [자취]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jachwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jachwi
McCune–Reischauer^?	chach'wi
Yale Romanization^?	ca.chwi

Noun

자취 • (jachwi)

mark; trace; legacy (what remains of a person or thing)
이 문명 은 자취도 없이 사라졌다.
i munmyeong-eun jachwi-do eopsi sarajeotda.
This civilization disappeared without leaving even a trace.
- 1906, Lee Injik, 이인직(李人稙), 血(혈)의 淚(루) (Hyeor-ui Nu):
  그 춍 쇼리 가 긋치ᄆᆡ 사ᄅᆞᆷ 의 ᄌᆞ취ᄂᆞᆫ ᄭᅳ너지고 […]
  Geu chongsyori-ga geutchimae saram-ui jachwi-neun kkeuneojigo [ … ]
  As the sounds of gunshot ceased, traces of people disappeared […]
(mathematics) locus (set of points satisfying a condition)

Derived terms

발자취 (baljachwi, “footprint”) (usually metaphoric)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 自炊, from 自 (“by oneself”) + 炊 (“cook”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠t͡ɕʰɥi] ~ [t͡ɕa̠t͡ɕʰy]
Phonetic hangul: [자취]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jachwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jachwi
McCune–Reischauer^?	chach'wi
Yale Romanization^?	ca.chwi

Noun

자취 • (jachwi) (hanja 自炊)

cooking for oneself; boarding a room and living independently there

Derived terms

자취하다 (自炊—, jachwihada)

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