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| 다닥닦닧단닩닪 닫달닭닮닯닰닱 닲닳담답닶닷닸 당닺닻닼닽닾닿 | |
| 니 ← | → 대 |
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| Revised Romanization? | dap |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | dab |
| McCune–Reischauer? | tap |
| Yale Romanization? | tap |
Sino-Korean word from 答 (“answer, reply”).
Sino-Korean word from 畓 (“rice paddy”).
A hanja domestically coined in Korea. Since there is no single Chinese character for "rice paddy", Koreans originally used 水田 in vertical writing. From the idea of conventional vertical writing, someone during the Silla kingdom began to write the two characters as a single vertically conjoined character, 畓, which then became the norm. There already existed a native Korean word, 논 (non), for "rice paddy", but the Sino-Korean pronunciation for this new hanja didn't exist, so likely a new pronunciation was taken from an extant similar-looking hanja, 沓 (dap). In December 2019, a wooden stick from the Silla period with 畓 written on it was excavated. This artefact is estimated to date back to around 500 CE, making it the oldest record of 畓 so far. The second oldest record of 畓 is found in a Silla-era monument dating back to 561 CE.