First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 속〯 (Yale: swǒk).

Also attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 솝〯 (Yale: swǒp).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

속 • (sok)

1. the interior or inside, especially that which is underneath or within a covering

   Antonym: 겉 (geot)

   그림 속에 몇 명이 서 있습니까? ― geurim soge myeot myeong'i seo itseumnikka? ― How many people are standing in the picture?

   • 2006, 괴물 :

     커다랗고 시커먼 게 있어... 물 속에... 슈퍼 마리오에 나오는 검은 올챙이처럼...

     Keodarako sikeomeon ge isseo... Mul sog-e... Syupeo Mario-e naoneun geomeun olchaeng'icheoreom...

     There's something big and black ... in the water ... like the black tadpole from Super Mario...

2. stomach; insides

   속이 안 좋다. ― Sog-i an jota. ― stomach doesn't feel good.

• 안 (an, “inside”)

Sino-Korean word from 屬.

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속 • (sok) (hanja 屬)

1. (biology, taxonomy) a genus

   소속(屬)의 다른 종(種)들도 때때로 "소" 또는 "야생소"라고 불린다.

   Sosog-ui dareun jong-deul-do ttaettaero so tto-neun yasaengso-rago bullinda.

   Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.

• 속(屬)하다 (sokhada)
• See the hanja entry at 屬 for Sino-Korean compounds of 속 (屬, sok).

Sino-Korean word from 俗.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
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속 • (sok) (hanja 俗)

1. (formal) “the secular”; that which is worldly, secular, or common

   Coordinate term: 성(聖) (seong, “that which is sacred”)

   • 2019, ““神(신)을 모른다는 것을 아는 것(無(무)知(지)의 知(지)), 이 말이 정답””, in Monthly Chosun‎:

     생명과 죽음의 문제를 이야기하고 싶어 했다. 육과 영, 속과 성의 경계 허물기다.

     Saengmyeong-gwa jugeum-ui munje-reul iyagihago sipeo haetda. Yuk-gwa yeong, sok-gwa seong-ui gyeonggye heomulgi-da.

     wanted to explain the question of life and death obscuring the lines between the body and the soul, the secular and the sacred.

2. colloquialism

• 속(俗)되다 (sokdoeda)
• See the hanja entry at 俗 for Sino-Korean compounds of 속 (俗, sok).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

속 • (sok)