액

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액 U+C561, 액
HANGUL SYLLABLE AEG
Composition:ㅇ + ㅐ + ㄱ
← 애
 		Hangul Syllables 앢 →
애액앢앣앤앥앦
앧앨앩앪앫앬앭
앮앯앰앱앲앳앴
앵앶앷앸앹앺앻
아 ←→ 야

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?aek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aeg
McCune–Reischauer?aek
Yale Romanization?ayk

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 液, from the Middle Korean reading ᄋᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: óyk).

Noun

액 • (aek) (hanja 液)

  1. liquid; fluid
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 厄, from the Middle Korean reading ᄋᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: óyk).

Noun

액 • (aek) (hanja 厄)

  1. misfortune; bad luck; in traditional belief, an impersonal force or energy that causes misfortune or death, and which can be warded off through ritual.
    Synonym: 살(煞) (sal)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 額.

Suffix

—액 • (-aek) (hanja 額)

  1. amount; sum
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

액 • (aek)

More information
  1. 厄:
    (MC reading: 厄 (MC 'eak))
  2. 額:
    (MC reading: 額 (MC ngaek))
  3. 液:
    (MC reading: 液 (MC yek))
  4. 扼:
    (MC reading: 扼)
  5. 掖:
    (MC reading: 掖 (MC yek))
  6. 縊:
    (MC reading: 縊 (MC 'jieH|'ejH))
  7. 腋:
    (MC reading: 腋 (MC yek))
  8. 呝:
    (MC reading: 呝 (MC 'eak))
  9. 戹:
    (MC reading: 戹 (MC 'eak))
  10. 搤:
    (MC reading: 搤 (MC 'eak))
  11. 阨:
    (MC reading: 阨)

References

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