통자

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 通刺, from 通 (“communicate, exchange”) + 刺 (“calling card”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞ŋd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [통자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tongja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tongja
McCune–Reischauer?	t'ongja
Yale Romanization?	thongca

Noun

Derived verbs

Active	통자하다

통자 • (tongja) (hanja 通刺) (historical)

1. presentation of a calling card to invite someone for a visit

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 桶子 (“bucket, barrel”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞ŋd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [통자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tongja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tongja
McCune–Reischauer?	t'ongja
Yale Romanization?	thongca

Noun

통자 • (tongja) (hanja 桶子)

1. Nonstandard form of 통(桶) (tong, “bucket, barrel”).

Etymology 3

From 통 (tong-, “as a whole”) +‎ 자(字) (ja, “letter, character”).

Alternative forms

• 퉁자 (tungja), 퉁재 (tungjae) — Gangwon

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞ŋt͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [통짜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tongja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tongja
McCune–Reischauer?	t'ongcha
Yale Romanization?	thongqca

Noun

통자 • (tongja) (hanja 통字)

1. (printing) complete type with all the characters engraved on a single block

Related terms

• 쪽자(字) (jjokja)