탈

Of native Korean origin.

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

탈 • (tal)

1. (also figuratively) mask, especially those worn in traditional plays

   Synonym: 가면(假面) (gamyeon)

Most likely from Middle Korean 탈〯 (thǎl, “cause; reason”), a word attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461.^[1] The modern meaning is first attested in the 18th century.^[1]

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

탈 • (tal) (hanja 頉)

1. mishap, trouble; accident
2. illness, sickness
3. flaw, fault
4. breakdown (of a machine, etc.)

• 아는 것이 탈 (aneun geosi tal)

Sino-Korean word from 脫.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
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탈— • (tal-) (hanja 脫)

1. end of..., out of...; de-

   ‎탈(脫) (tal) + ‎원전(原電) (wonjeon, “nuclear power plant”) → ‎탈원전(脫原電) (tarwonjeon, “phasing out nuclear power plants”)

• See the hanja entry at 脫 for Sino-Korean compounds of 탈 (脫, tal).

See the main entry.

탈 • (tal)

1. irrealis adnominal form of 타다 (tada)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

탈 (tal)