쌍

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쌍 U+C30D, 쌍
HANGUL SYLLABLE SSANG
Composition:ㅆ + ㅏ + ㅇ
← 쌌
 		Hangul Syllables 쌎 →
싸싹싺싻싼싽싾
싿쌀쌁쌂쌃쌄쌅
쌆쌇쌈쌉쌊쌋쌌
쌍쌎쌏쌐쌑쌒쌓
시 ←→ 쌔

Korean

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 雙 (“pair”)

First attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean 솨ᇰ (Yale: swoyng).

1517, 《번역박통사》 상:20
ᄒᆞᆫ 솨ᇰ 귀엿골회와 ᄒᆞᆫ 솨ᇰ ᄑᆞᆯ쇠 다가 호리라

Alternative forms

Noun

쌍 • (ssang) (hanja 雙)

  1. pair
    눈 한 쌍
    nun han ssang
    a pair of eyes
    젓가락 한 쌍
    jeotgarak han ssang
    a pair of chopsticks
Synonyms
  • 짝 (jjak) (native Korean)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

쌍 (ssang)

  1. 雙: pair
    (eumhun reading: 짝 쌍 (jjak ssang))
    (MC reading: 雙 (MC sraewng))
  2. 双: Alternative form of 雙
    (MC reading: 双)

References

References

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