족

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족 U+C871, 족
HANGUL SYLLABLE JOG
Composition:ㅈ + ㅗ + ㄱ
← 조
 		Hangul Syllables 졲 →
조족졲졳존졵졶
졷졸졹졺졻졼졽
졾졿좀좁좂좃좄
종좆좇좈좉좊좋
졔 ←→ 좌

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jog
McCune–Reischauer?chok
Yale Romanization?cok

Etymology 1

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 죽 (juk)
Yang-form 족 (jok)

족 • (jok)

  1. (of small objects) in a manner arranged in a row; while arranging in a row
  2. (of a recitation or story) without a break; in one seating
  3. (of a small thing) tearing in one continuous stroke
  4. (of a small amount of liquid) sucking or gulping in one continuous stroke
  5. (of a small thing) stretching in a broad manner
  6. looking over in one glance (over a relatively small area)
Derived terms
See also
  • 쏙 (ssok, “protruding deeply”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 足 (“foot”)

Noun

족 • (jok) (hanja 足)

  1. foot
  2. used to form nouns with the meaning "to attain; to satisfy"
    부족 (不足) ― bujok ― insufficiency; inadequacy
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 族 (“clan; tribe”)

Noun

족 • (jok) (hanja 族)

  2. clan; tribe; ethnic group
    민족 (民族) ― minjok ― people; nation; ethnicity
  3. group or class of things with common features
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

족 (jok)

  1. 足: foot
    (eumhun reading: 발 족 (bal jok))
    (MC reading: 足 (MC tsjowk))
  2. 族: clan; tribe; ethnic group
    (eumhun reading: 겨레 족 (gyeore jok))
    (MC reading: 族 (MC dzuwk))
  3. 簇:
    (MC reading: 簇 (MC tshuwk))
  4. 鏃:
    (MC reading: 鏃 (MC tsuwk))
  5. 瘯:
    (MC reading: 瘯 (MC tshuwk))
  6. 哫:
    (MC reading: 哫 (MC tsjowk))
  7. 蔟:
    (MC reading: 蔟 (MC tshuwk))
  8. 踿:
    (MC reading: 踿)

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 38.
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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