받침

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠t̚t͡ɕʰim]
• Phonetic hangul: [받침]

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)