받침

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Substantive form of 받치— (batchi-, “to uphold”), formed with the suffix —ㅁ (-m).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?batchim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?badchim
McCune–Reischauer?patch'im
Yale Romanization?patchim

Noun

받침 • (batchim)

  1. support, pad, mat, saucer
    Synonyms: 지주 (jiju), 지원 (jiwon)
  2. (language) batchim, a consonant or consonant cluster in the final position of hangul orthography, e.g. the consonants ㄷ and ㅁ in the word 받침; the coda
    Synonyms: 종성(終聲) (jongseong), 끝소리 (kkeutsori)

Derived terms

  • 겹받침 (gyeopbatchim, “heterogeneous final consonant digraph”)
  • 받침소리 (batchimsori, “final consonant sound”)
  • 쌍받침 (ssangbatchim, “homogeneous final consonant digraph”)

Descendants

  • → English: batchim
  • → Japanese: パッチム (patchimu)
  • → Russian: патчи́м (patčím)
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