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U+C2F9, 싹
HANGUL SYLLABLE SSAG
Composition: + +

[U+C2F8]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C2FA]




시 ←→ 쌔

Korean

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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(ssak)

  1. bud; shoot; sprout
    Synonyms: (nun), (um)
  2. omen
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Intensification of (sak).

Ideophone

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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!