싹

싹 U+C2F9, 싹
HANGUL SYLLABLE SSAG
Composition:ㅆ + ㅏ + ㄱ
← 싸
[U+C2F8] 		Hangul Syllables 싺 →
[U+C2FA]
싸싹싺싻싼싽싾
싿쌀쌁쌂쌃쌄쌅
쌆쌇쌈쌉쌊쌋쌌
쌍쌎쌏쌐쌑쌒쌓
시 ←→ 쌔

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ssak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ssag
McCune–Reischauer?ssak
Yale Romanization?ssak

Etymology 1

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 삯〮 (Yale: sáks).

Spontaneous gemination of the initial consonant is a periodic phenomenon in Early Modern and Modern Korean, influenced by sound symbolic effects.

Noun

싹 • (ssak)

  1. bud; shoot; sprout
    Synonyms: 눈 (nun), 움 (um)
  2. omen
Derived terms
  • 새싹 (saessak, “(literally) new bud”)
  • 싹트다 (ssakteuda, “to bud; to sprout”)
See also

Etymology 2

Intensification of 삭 (sak).

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 썩 (sseok)
Yang-form 싹 (ssak)
Consonant set
Plain 삭 (sak)
Intensive 싹 (ssak)

싹 • (ssak)

  1. (onomatopoeia, of paper, etc.) while cutting in one ready stroke
  2. (by extension) while pushing, while extending (a line on paper, etc.)
  3. truly entirely; truly sweepingly
    이 잔 깬 사람들 싹 안 나와?
    i jan kkaen saram-deul ssak an nawa?
    Every single person who broke this cup, come out!
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