떡

떡 U+B5A1, 떡
HANGUL SYLLABLE DDEOG
Composition:ㄸ + ㅓ + ㄱ
Dubeolsik input:E-j-r
← 떠
[U+B5A0] 		Hangul Syllables 떢 →
[U+B5A2]
떡 (tteok, “rice-dough cake”).

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄯᅥᆨ (stek). The presumed Old Korean root is *돋. Relationships with the Japanese term 餅 (mochi) and the Manchu term tət (tət) ("millet") have been hypothesized.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[t͈ʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[떡]
Revised Romanization? tteok
Revised Romanization (translit.)? tteog
McCune–Reischauer? ttŏk
Yale Romanization? ttek

Noun

떡 • (tteok)

  1. Any dough of rice or other cereals, ground before, or mashed after, steaming.
  2. Specifically, a steamed cake of glutinous rice, often sweetened.
Synonyms
  • 병 (byeong, “byeong”)
Derived terms
  • 떡가래 (tteokgarae)
  • 떡가루 (tteokgaru, “rice-cake flour”)
  • 떡갈비 (tteokgalbi)
  • 떡고물 (tteokgomul)
  • 떡국 (tteokguk)
  • 떡메 (tteongme)
  • 떡밥 (tteokbap)
  • 떡방아 (tteokbang-a)
  • 떡보 (tteokbo)
  • 떡볶이 (tteokbokki)
  • 떡살 (tteoksal)
  • 떡소 (tteokso)
  • 떡시루 (tteoksiru)
  • 떡쌀 (tteokssal)
  • 떡판 (tteokpan)
  • 가래떡 (garaetteok)
  • 개떡 (gaetteok)
  • 시루떡 (sirutteok)
  • 쑥떡 (ssuktteok)
  • 찰떡 (chaltteok)
  • 떡 먹기 (tteok meokgi, “a piece of cake”)

See also

References

Seo Jeong-beom (서정범) (2000) 國語語原辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books

Etymology 2

Adverb

떡 • (tteok)

  1. wide
  2. resolutely
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