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Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 ), 1447, as Middle Korean 석〯 (Yale : sĕk ).
Pronunciation
(SK Standard /Seoul ) IPA (key ) : Phonetic hangul: Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length. Romanizations Revised Romanization? seok Revised Romanization (translit.)? seog McCune–Reischauer? sŏk Yale Romanization? sēk
Numeral
석 • (seok )
( dated or fossilized) three ( before certain classifiers )
Synonym: 세 ( se , more productive equivalent )
석 잔 ― seok jan ― three cups
석 냥 ― seok nyang ― three nyangs (a unit of old Korean coinage.
석 되 ― seok doe ― three does (≒5.4 liters.), Korean unit of measure.
석 섬 ― seok seom ― three seoms (≒540 liters.)
석 자 ― seok ja ― three jas (≒90.9 cm), the Korean foot.
Etymology 2
Of native Korean origin. Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Romanizations Revised Romanization? seok Revised Romanization (translit.)? seog McCune–Reischauer? sŏk Yale Romanization? sek
Ideophone
석 • (seok )
( onomatopoeia , of paper, etc.) while cutting in one powerful stroke
( by extension ) while forcefully pushing , while forcefully extending ( a line on paper, etc. )
Etymology 3
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
석 (seok)
Extended content
石 : (MC reading : 石 (MC dzyek ))
夕 : (MC reading : 夕 (MC zjek ))
昔 : (MC reading : 昔 (MC sjek ))
惜 : (MC reading : 惜 (MC sjek ))
席 : (MC reading : 席 (MC zjek ))
析 : (MC reading : 析 (MC sek ))
釋 : (MC reading : 釋 (MC syek ))
碩 : (MC reading : 碩 (MC dzyek ))
奭 : (MC reading : 奭 (MC syek ))
汐 : (MC reading : 汐 (MC zjek ))
淅 : (MC reading : 淅 (MC sek ))
晳 : (MC reading : 晳 )
䄷 : (MC reading : 䄷 (MC dzyek ))
鉐 : (MC reading : 鉐 (MC dzyek ))
錫 : (MC reading : 錫 (MC sek ))
潟 : (MC reading : 潟 (MC sjek ))
蓆 : (MC reading : 蓆 (MC zjek ))
舃 : (MC reading : 舃 )
鼫 : (MC reading : 鼫 (MC dzyek ))
褯 : (MC reading : 褯 (MC dzjaeH ))
矽 : (MC reading : 矽 )
腊 : (MC reading : 腊 (MC sjek ))
蜥 : (MC reading : 蜥 (MC sek ))
磶 : (MC reading : 磶 (MC sjek ))
晰 : Alternative form of 晳 (MC reading : 晰 )
佦 : (MC reading : 佦 )
匇 : (MC reading : 匇 )
㝜 : (MC reading : 㝜 )
惁 : (MC reading : 惁 (MC sek ))
棤 : (MC reading : 棤 (MC sjek ))
檡 : (MC reading : 檡 (MC syek ))
沯 : (MC reading : 沯 )
焟 : (MC reading : 焟 (MC sjek ))
皙 : (MC reading : 皙 (MC sek ))
祏 : (MC reading : 祏 (MC dzyek ))
穸 : (MC reading : 穸 (MC zjek ))
緆 : (MC reading : 緆 (MC sek ))
菥 : (MC reading : 菥 (MC sek ))
蕮 : (MC reading : 蕮 (MC sjek ))
螫 : (MC reading : 螫 (MC syek ))
裼 : (MC reading : 裼 (MC sek ))
襫 : (MC reading : 襫 (MC syek ))
邜 : (MC reading : 邜 )
釸 : (MC reading : 釸 )
References
Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원 , Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon ) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表 , Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo ), page 23.
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .