U+C78D, 잍
HANGUL SYLLABLE IT
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Hangul Syllables
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의 ←→ 자

Korean

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Etymology

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Part of an ancient /it/ root meaning "two", which was already largely extinct by fifteenth-century Middle Korean; cf. 이틀 (iteul, two days), 이듬 (ideum, two years of age), 이듭 (ideup, second plowing of the fields), 이태 (itae, two agricultural years).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?it
Revised Romanization (translit.)?it
McCune–Reischauer?it
Yale Romanization?ith

Noun

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(it)

  1. (Yukjin) two (agricultural) years
    Synonym: (Standard Korean, archaic) 이태 (itae)

Further reading

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  • 곽충구 [Kwak Chung-gu] (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 2832