적

적 U+C801, 적 HANGUL SYLLABLE JEOG Composition: ㅈ + ㅓ + ㄱ ← 저 [U+C800] Hangul Syllables 젂 → [U+C802]

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쟤 ←	→ 제

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [적]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeog
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏk
Yale Romanization?	cek

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 敵, from the Middle Korean reading 뎍〮 (Yale: tyék).

Noun

적 • (jeok) (hanja 敵)

1. enemy

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 敵 for Sino-Korean compounds of 적 (敵, jeok).

Etymology 2

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

Dependent noun

적 • (jeok)

1. time, occurrence, experience (dependent noun; must be preceded by an adnominal particle)

   나는 절대 그런 말을 한 적이 없다.

   Na-neun jeoldae geureon mar-eul han jeog-i eopda.

   I've never said such a thing.

   중국에 가 본 적 있어요?

   Junggug-e ga bon jeok isseoyo?

   Have you ever been to China?

See also

• 때 (ttae, “time”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 的, from the Middle Korean reading 뎍〮 (Yale: tyék). An orthographic borrowing from Japanese 的(てき) (teki).

Suffix

—적 • (-jeok) (hanja 的)

1. -ive, -like, -ish, -ic, -ical, -y; like, in the manner of

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 的 for Sino-Korean compounds of 적 (的, jeok).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 炙, from the Middle Korean reading 젹〮 (Yale: cyék).

Noun

적 • (jeok) (hanja 炙)

1. jeok (a Korean meat dish)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 炙 for Sino-Korean compounds of 적 (炙, jeok).

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

적 (jeok)

Extended content

的: target (eumhun reading: 과녁 적 (gwanyeok jeok)) (MC reading: 的 (MC tek̚)) 適: hitting (eumhun reading: 맞을 적 (majeul jeok)) (MC reading: 適 (MC ɕiᴇk̚, t͡ɕiᴇk̚, tek̚)) 積: (MC reading: 積 (MC t͡siᴇH, t͡siᴇk̚)) 籍: (MC reading: 籍 (MC d͡ziᴇk̚)) 赤: (MC reading: 赤 (MC t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚)) 績: (MC reading: 績 (MC t͡sek̚)) 摘: (MC reading: 摘 (MC ʈˠɛk̚, tʰek̚)) 跡: (MC reading: 跡 (MC t͡siᴇk̚)) 敵: (MC reading: 敵 (MC dek̚)) 蹟: (MC reading: 蹟 (MC t͡siᴇk̚)) 賊: (MC reading: 賊 (MC d͡zək̚)) 寂: (MC reading: 寂 (MC d͡zek̚)) 笛: (MC reading: 笛 (MC dek̚)) 滴: (MC reading: 滴 (MC tek̚)) 迪: (MC reading: 迪 (MC dek̚)) 狄: (MC reading: 狄 (MC dek̚)) 嫡: (MC reading: 嫡 (MC ʈˠæk̚, tek̚)) 謫: (MC reading: 謫 (MC ʈˠɛk̚)) 迹: (MC reading: 迹 (MC t͡siᴇk̚)) 勣: (MC reading: 勣 (MC t͡sek̚)) 荻: (MC reading: 荻 (MC dek̚)) 吊: (MC reading: 吊 (MC teuH)) 炙: (MC reading: 炙 (MC t͡ɕiᴇk̚)) 翟: (MC reading: 翟 (MC ɖˠæk̚, dek̚)) 鏑: (MC reading: 鏑 (MC tek̚))