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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 轄希 (Yale: *holki).
In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞᆰ (Yale: hòlk).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | heuk |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | heulg |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | hŭk |
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| Yale Romanization? | hulk |
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Noun
흙 • (heuk)
- earth, soil, dirt, ground
음, 달걀 껍데기를 흙에 넣어 두는 것이 한가지 쉬운 방법이지.- Eum, dalgyal kkeopdegi-reul heulg-e neo'eo duneun geos-i han'gaji swiun bangbeob-iji.
- Well, putting an egg shell in the soil is one easy way.
Derived terms
- 개흙 (gaeheuk, “estuary silt”)
- 진흙 (jinheuk, “mud”)
- 찰흙 (chalheuk, “clay”)
- 흙더미 (heukdeomi, “mound of earth”)
- 흙먼지 (heungmeonji, “dust”)
- 흙벽돌 (heukbyeokdol, “dried clay brick”)
See also
- 土 (to), the hanja for "soil"
- 땅 (ttang, “earth”)
- 흐리다 (heurida, “to be muddy; cloudy”)