적

Etymology 1Edit

SyllableEdit

적 (transliterations: Revised jeok, McCune–Reischauer chŏk, Yale cek)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ, ㅓ, and ㄱ.

Etymology 2Edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as 적 (Yale: cek).

NounEdit

적 (jeok)

1. 敵: enemy

Etymology 3Edit

From the Japanese 的^[1][2][3]. Korean reading of the Chinese character 的 (jeok, “like, in the manner of”).

SuffixEdit

적 (jeok) (hanja 的)

1. Exhibiting a property.

Usage notesEdit

• Used almost exclusively with nouns of Sino-Korean or Western origin: 경멸적 (gyeongmyeoljeok, “scornful”, 輕蔑的), 페미니즘적 (peminijeumjeok, “feministic”).
• Typically followed by either the adnominal marker 인 (in, “being thus”) or the adverbial 으로 (euro, “in that manner”).

Etymology 4Edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

SyllableEdit

적 (jeok)

1. 的: target

   (eumhun reading: 과녁 적)

2. 適: hitting

   (eumhun reading: 맞을 적)

3. 積:
4. 籍:
5. 赤:
6. 績:
7. 摘:
8. 跡:
9. 敵:
10. 蹟:
11. 賊:
12. 寂:
13. 笛:
14. 滴:
15. 迪:
16. 狄:
17. 嫡:
18. 謫:
19. 迹:
20. 勣:
21. 荻:
22. 吊:
23. 炙:
24. 翟:
25. 鏑:

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ “일본제 한자어” in Korean Wikipedia.
2. ^ “和制汉语” in Mandarin Wikipedia.
3. ^ “汉语中的日语借词” in Mandarin Wikipedia.