사석

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 私 (“private”) + 席 (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠sʰʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [사석]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saseog
McCune–Reischauer?	sasŏk
Yale Romanization?	sasek

Noun

사석 • (saseok) (hanja 私席)

1. private occasion; private meeting

   Antonym: 공석(公席) (gongseok)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 沙 (“sand”) + 錫 (“tin”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠sʰʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [사석]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saseog
McCune–Reischauer?	sasŏk
Yale Romanization?	sasek

Noun

사석 • (saseok) (hanja 沙錫/砂錫)

1. (mineralogy) alluvial tin
2. areniform tin

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 射 (“shoot”) + 席 (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠sʰʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [사석]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saseog
McCune–Reischauer?	sasŏk
Yale Romanization?	sasek

Noun

사석 • (saseok) (hanja 射席)

1. (military) sniper's nest

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 捨石, from 捨 (“abandon, discard”) + 石 (“stone”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saseog
McCune–Reischauer?	sasŏk
Yale Romanization?	sāsek

Noun

사석 • (saseok) (hanja 捨石)

1. (go) a go stone that is strategically discarded
2. rubble mound

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 死石, from 死 (“dead”) + 石 (“stone”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saseog
McCune–Reischauer?	sasŏk
Yale Romanization?	sāsek

Noun

사석 • (saseok) (hanja 死石)

1. (go) a go stone captured by one's opponent