떡

떡 U+B5A1, 떡 HANGUL SYLLABLE DDEOG Composition: ㄸ + ㅓ + ㄱ ← 떠 [U+B5A0] Hangul Syllables 떢 → [U+B5A2]

떠떡떢떣떤떥떦 떧떨떩떪떫떬떭 떮떯떰떱떲떳떴 떵떶떷떸떹떺떻
떄 ←	→ 떼

Korean

Etymology 1

떡 (tteok, “rice-dough cake”).

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄯᅥᆨ〮 (Yale: sték). Japanese 粢(しとぎ) (shitogi, “sacrificial Shinto rice cake”) is often given as a Koreanic borrowing into Japanese; also compare Ainu シト (sito, “dumpling made from rice or millet”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͈ʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [떡]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tteok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tteog
McCune–Reischauer?	ttŏk
Yale Romanization?	ttek

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 떡의 / 떡에 / 떡까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

떡 • (tteok)

1. rice cake; tteok

Derived terms

• 가래떡 (garaetteok)
• 개떡 (gaetteok)
• 떡가래 (tteokgarae)
• 떡가루 (tteokgaru)
• 떡갈비 (tteokgalbi)
• 떡고물 (tteokgomul)
• 떡국 (tteokguk)
• 떡메 (tteongme)
• 떡밥 (tteokbap)
• 떡방아 (tteokbang'a)
• 떡보 (tteokbo)
• 떡볶이 (tteokbokki)
• 떡살 (tteoksal)
• 떡소 (tteokso)
• 떡시루 (tteoksiru)
• 떡쌀 (tteokssal)
• 떡치다 (tteokchida)
• 떡판 (tteokpan)
• 시루떡 (sirutteok)
• 쑥떡 (ssuktteok)
• 찰떡 (chaltteok)

 

Related terms

• 시더구 (sideogu)

 

See also

• tteok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͈ʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [떡]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tteok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tteog
McCune–Reischauer?	ttŏk
Yale Romanization?	ttek

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	떡 (tteok)
Yang-form	딱 (ttak)

떡 • (tteok)

1. (of a gap, of a width) wide, broad

   어깨가 떡 펼쳐져 있다.

   Eokkae-ga tteok pyeolcheojeo itda.

   His shoulders are spread very broadly.

2. (of two things, also metaphoric) tight, fitting manner (usually negative)

   밥풀이 옷에 떡 붙어 있다.

   Bap'pur-i os-e tteok buteo itda.

   Grains of rice are stuck tight to his clothes.

3. immobile; (metaphoric) in an adult manner; intransigent (often negative)

   군인들이 떡 버티고 있다.

   Gunin-deur-i tteok beotigo itda.

   The troops are stubbornly blocking the way.