옷

See also: -옷

옷 U+C637, 옷 HANGUL SYLLABLE OS Composition: ㅇ + ㅗ + ㅅ ← 옶 [U+C636] Hangul Syllables 옸 → [U+C638]

오옥옦옧온옩옪 옫올옭옮옯옰옱 옲옳옴옵옶옷옸 옹옺옻옼옽옾옿
예 ←	→ 와

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 옷〮 (Yale: wós).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [옫]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	os
McCune–Reischauer?	ot
Yale Romanization?	os

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 옷의 / 옷에 / 옷까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

옷 • (ot)

1. clothing; clothes

   옷을 벗다 ― os-eul beotda ― to take off clothes

   옷을 입다 ― os-eul ipda ― to wear clothes

   옷이 날개다. ― Os-i nalgae-da. ― The better dressed, the brighter looking. (literally, “clothing is a wing.”)

   할머니께서는 집을 나설 때마다 나의 옷을 여미어 주시고는 하였다.

   Halmeoni-kkeseo-neun jib-eul naseol ttae-mada na-ui os-eul yeomieo jusi-goneun hayeotda.

   My grandmother would straighten my clothes for me every time [I] left the house.

   • 1964, 김승옥／金承鈺 [Kim Seung-ok], 무진기행／霧津記行 [A Trip to Mujin]:

     나는 우울한 유령들처럼 나를 내려다보고 있는 벽에 걸린 하얀 옷들을 흘겨보고 있었다.

     Na-neun uul-han yuryeong-deul-cheoreom na-reul naeryeodabogo inneun byeog-e geollin hayan ot-deur-eul heulgyeobogo isseotda.

     My eyes were sharply fixed on the clothes hung on the wall, which were staring down at me as if they were a bunch of depressed ghosts.

Derived terms

• 가죽옷 (gajugot)
• 갈옷 (garot)
• 갑옷 (gabot)
• 겉옷 (geotot)
• 날개옷 (nalgae'ot)
• 누비옷 (nubiot)
• 모시옷 (mosiot)
• 무명옷 (mumyeong'ot)
• 비단옷 (bidanot)
• 비옷 (biot)
• 삼베옷 (sambe'ot)
• 속옷 (sogot)
• 아래옷 (arae'ot)
• 옷가슴 (otgaseum)
• 옷가지 (otgaji)
• 옷감 (otgam)
• 옷갓 (otgat)
• 옷걸이 (otgeori)
• 옷고름 (otgoreum)
• 옷깃 (otgit)
• 옷단 (otdan)
• 옷맵시 (onmaepsi)
• 옷섶 (otseop)
• 옷소매 (otsomae)
• 옷솔 (otsol)
• 옷엣니 (odenni)
• 옷입다 (osipda)
• 옷입히다 (osiphida)
• 옷자락 (otjarak)
• 옷장 (otjang)
• 옷차림 (otcharim)
• 옷치레 (otchire)
• 윗옷 (widot)
• 잠옷 (jamot)
• 털옷 (teorot)

 

See also

• 衣 (ui), the hanja for clothes

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ós/, [ós̚]

Noun

옷〮 (wós) (locative 오새〮 (wòs-áy))

1. clothing; clothes

Descendants

• Korean: 옷 (ot)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /òs/, [òs̚]

Noun

옷 (wòs)

1. lacquer

Descendants

• Korean: 옻 (ot)