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First attested in the Eonhae duchang jibyo (諺解痘瘡集要 / 언해두창집요), 1608, as Early Modern Koreanᄉᆞ과.
Also attested as Sino-Korean phonetic representations 沙果(“sand-fruit”) in Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, and 楂果(“stump-fruit”) in Sallim Gyeongje (山林經濟 / 산림경제), 18th century.
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.