선지

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ɲd͡ʑi]
• Phonetic hangul: [선지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seonji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seonji
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏnji
Yale Romanization?	sen.ci

Etymology 1

First attested in the Eonhae duchang jibyo (諺解痘瘡集要 / 언해두창집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean 선디 (Yale: senti).

Noun

선지 • (seonji)

1. seonji; animals' blood, used as an ingredient in food when chilled and solidified

Hypernyms

• 피 (pi, “blood”)

Descendants

• → English: seonji, sunji

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 宣紙.

Noun

선지 • (seonji) (hanja 宣紙)

1. Xuan paper

Hypernyms

• 종이 (jong'i)