속

속 U+C18D, 속 HANGUL SYLLABLE SOG Composition: ㅅ + ㅗ + ㄱ ← 소 [U+C18C] Hangul Syllables 솎 → [U+C18E]

소속솎솏손솑솒 솓솔솕솖솗솘솙 솚솛솜솝솞솟솠 송솢솣솤솥솦솧
셰 ←	→ 솨

Korean

FWOTD – 4 November 2021

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 속〯 (Yale: swǒk).

Also attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 솝〯 (Yale: swǒp).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sog
McCune–Reischauer?	sok
Yale Romanization?	sōk

Noun

속 • (sok)

1. the interior or inside, especially that which is underneath or within a covering

   Antonym: 겉 (geot)

   그림 속에 몇 명이 서 있습니까? ― Geurim soge myeot myeong'i seo itseumnikka? ― How many people are standing in the picture?

   • 2006, 괴물 [The Host]:

     커다랗고 시커먼 게 있어... 물 속에... ^슈퍼 ^마리오에 나오는 검은 올챙이처럼...

     Keodarako sikeomeon ge isseo... Mul sog-e... ^syupeo ^mario-e naoneun geomeun olchaeng'icheoreom...

     There's something big and black ... in the water ... like the black tadpole from Super Mario...

2. stomach; insides

   속이 안 좋다. ― Sog-i an jota. ― [my] stomach doesn't feel good.

Derived terms

• 속궁합 (sokgunghap, “sexual compatibility”)

 

See also

• 안 (an, “inside”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 屬.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [속]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sog
McCune–Reischauer?	sok
Yale Romanization?	sok

Noun

속 • (sok) (hanja 屬)

1. (biology, taxonomy) a genus

   소속(屬)의 다른 종(種)들도 때때로 "소" 또는 "야생소"라고 불린다.

   Sosog-ui dareun jong-deul-do ttaettaero so tto-neun yasaengso-rago bullinda.

   Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.

Derived terms

• 속(屬)하다 (sokhada)
• See the hanja entry at 屬 for Sino-Korean compounds of 속 (屬, sok).

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) 생물 분류 (生物分類, saengmul bullyu); 역 (域, yeok, “domain”), 계 (界, gye, “kingdom”), 문 (門, mun, “phylum”), 강 (綱, gang, “class”), 목 (目, mok, “order”), 과 (科, gwa, “family”), 속 (屬, sok, “genus”), 종 (種, jong, “species”) ^{(Category: ko:Taxonomy)}

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 俗.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [속]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sog
McCune–Reischauer?	sok
Yale Romanization?	sok

Noun

속 • (sok) (hanja 俗)

1. (formal) “the secular”; that which is worldly, secular, or common

   Coordinate term: 성(聖) (seong, “that which is sacred”)

   • 2019, ““神(신)을 모른다는 것을 아는 것(無(무)知(지)의 知(지)), 이 말이 정답””, in Monthly Chosun‎^[1]:

     생명과 죽음의 문제를 […] 이야기하고 싶어 했다. 육과 영, 속과 성의 경계 허물기다.

     Saengmyeong-gwa jugeum-ui munje-reul [ … ] iyagihago sipeo haetda. Yuk-gwa yeong, sok-gwa seong-ui gyeonggye heomulgi-da.

     [He] wanted to explain the question of life and death […] obscuring the lines between the body and the soul, the secular and the sacred.

2. colloquialism

Derived terms

• 속(俗)되다 (sokdoeda)
• See the hanja entry at 俗 for Sino-Korean compounds of 속 (俗, sok).

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

속 (sok)

Extended content
俗: (MC reading: 俗 (MC zjowk)) 速: (MC reading: 速 (MC suwk)) 續: (MC reading: 續 (MC zjowk)) 束: (MC reading: 束 (MC syowk)) 粟: (MC reading: 粟 (MC sjowk)) 屬: (MC reading: 屬 (MC dzyowk)) 涑: (MC reading: 涑 (MC suwk|sjowk)) 謖: (MC reading: 謖 (MC srjuwk)) 贖: (MC reading: 贖 (MC zyowk)) 洬: (MC reading: 洬 (MC sowk)) 遬: (MC reading: 遬 (MC suwk))