액

액 U+C561, 액 HANGUL SYLLABLE AEG Composition: ㅇ + ㅐ + ㄱ ← 애 [U+C560] Hangul Syllables 앢 → [U+C562]

애액앢앣앤앥앦 앧앨앩앪앫앬앭 앮앯앰앱앲앳앴 앵앶앷앸앹앺앻
아 ←	→ 야

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɛk̚] ~ [e̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [액/엑]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	aek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	aeg
McCune–Reischauer?	aek
Yale Romanization?	ayk

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 液, from the Middle Korean reading ᄋᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: óyk).

Noun

액 • (aek) (hanja 液)

1. liquid; fluid

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 液 for Sino-Korean compounds of 액 (液, aek).

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 厄, from the Middle Korean reading ᄋᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: óyk).

Noun

액 • (aek) (hanja 厄)

1. misfortune; bad luck; in traditional belief, an impersonal force or energy that causes misfortune or death, and which can be warded off through ritual.

   Synonym: 살(煞) (sal)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 厄 for Sino-Korean compounds of 액 (厄, aek).

• 액땜 (aekttaem)
• 액막이 (aengmagi)
• 액풀이 (aekpuri)

 

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 額.

Suffix

—액 • (-aek) (hanja 額)

1. amount; sum

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 額 for Sino-Korean compounds of 액 (額, aek).

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

액 (aek)

Extended content
厄: (MC reading: 厄 (MC 'eak)) 額: (MC reading: 額 (MC ngaek)) 液: (MC reading: 液 (MC yek)) 扼: (MC reading: 扼) 掖: (MC reading: 掖 (MC yek)) 縊: (MC reading: 縊 (MC 'jieH|'ejH)) 腋: (MC reading: 腋 (MC yek)) 呝: (MC reading: 呝 (MC 'eak)) 戹: (MC reading: 戹 (MC 'eak)) 搤: (MC reading: 搤 (MC 'eak)) 阨: (MC reading: 阨)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]