편지
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 片紙. First attested in a Korean text in the Samgang haengsildo (三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도), 1511, in hanja form and with the meaning of "small piece of paper".
In the hangul script, first attested in the 順天金氏墓出土簡札 / 순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰 ("Letters excavated from the grave of Lady Suncheon Kim"), c. 1585, as Middle Korean 편지 (Yale: phyenci). This is also the first attestation of the "letter" sense.
The hanja form 便紙 is unetymological and first appears in Korean Classical Chinese sources in the eighteenth century.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰjɘ(ː)ɲd͡ʑi]
- Phonetic hangul: [편(ː)지]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | pyeonji |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | pyeonji |
McCune–Reischauer? | p'yŏnji |
Yale Romanization? | phyēn.ci |
Noun
[edit]- letter (written message)
Middle Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 片紙 (MC phenH tsyeX).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]편지 (phyenci) (hanja 片紙)
Descendants
[edit]- Korean: 편지 (pyeonji)
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