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U+B2F5, 답
HANGUL SYLLABLE DAB
Composition: + +

[U+B2F4]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B2F6]




니 ←→ 대

Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dap
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dab
McCune–Reischauer?tap
Yale Romanization?tap

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from (answer, reply).

Noun

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(dap) (hanja )

  1. answer, reply
    Synonym: 대답(對答) (daedap)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from (rice paddy).

A hanja domestically coined in Korea. Since there is no single Chinese character for "rice paddy", Koreans originally used 水田 in vertical writing. From the idea of conventional vertical writing, someone during the Silla kingdom began to write the two characters as a single vertically conjoined character, , which then became the norm. There already existed a native Korean word, (non), for "rice paddy", but the Sino-Korean pronunciation for this new hanja didn't exist, so likely a new pronunciation was taken from an extant similar-looking hanja, (dap). In December 2019, a wooden stick from the Silla period with written on it was excavated. This artefact is estimated to date back to around 500 CE, making it the oldest record of so far. The second oldest record of is found in a Silla-era monument dating back to 561 CE.

Noun

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(dap) (hanja )

  1. rice paddy
    Synonym: (non)