싹

싹 U+C2F9, 싹 HANGUL SYLLABLE SSAG Composition: ㅆ + ㅏ + ㄱ ← 싸 [U+C2F8] Hangul Syllables 싺 → [U+C2FA]

싸싹싺싻싼싽싾 싿쌀쌁쌂쌃쌄쌅 쌆쌇쌈쌉쌊쌋쌌 쌍쌎쌏쌐쌑쌒쌓
시 ←	→ 쌔

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [s͈a̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [싹]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ssak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ssag
McCune–Reischauer?	ssak
Yale Romanization?	ssak

Etymology 1

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 삯〮 (Yale: sáks).

Spontaneous gemination of the initial consonant is a periodic phenomenon in Early Modern and Modern Korean, influenced by sound symbolic effects.

Noun

싹 • (ssak)

1. bud; shoot; sprout

   Synonyms: 눈 (nun), 움 (um)

2. omen

Derived terms

• 새싹 (saessak, “(literally) new bud”)
• 싹트다 (ssakteuda, “to bud; to sprout”)

 

See also

• 움트다 (umteuda, “to bud; to sprout”)
• 芽 (a), the hanja for "bud"

Etymology 2

Intensification of 삭 (sak).

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	썩 (sseok)
Yang-form	싹 (ssak)

Consonant set

Plain	삭 (sak)
Intensive	싹 (ssak)

싹 • (ssak)

1. (onomatopoeia, of paper, etc.) while cutting in one ready stroke
2. (by extension) while pushing, while extending (a line on paper, etc.)
3. truly entirely; truly sweepingly

   이 잔 깬 사람들 싹 안 나와?

   I jan kkaen saram-deul ssak an nawa?

   Every single person who broke this cup, come out!