짝

짝 U+C9DD, 짝
HANGUL SYLLABLE JJAG
Composition:ㅉ + ㅏ + ㄱ
← 짜
[U+C9DC] 		Hangul Syllables 짞 →
[U+C9DE]
짜짝짞짟짠짡짢
짣짤짥짦짧짨짩
짪짫짬짭짮짯짰
짱짲짳짴짵짶짷
지 ←→ 째

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄧᅡᆨ (Yale: pcak). If it had Proto-Koreanic *puca-k- form with a suffix, then further connection can be found with Proto-Japonic *puta, but this is highly speculative.

1446, 《훈민정음 해례》 48
ᄧᅡᆨ爲雙.

Pronunciation 1
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jjak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jjag
McCune–Reischauer?tchak
Yale Romanization?ccak

Noun

짝 • (jjak)

  1. pair
    신발 한 짝
    sinbal han jjak
    a pair of shoes / one pair of shoes
    • 2016, 신향 [sinhyang], 태극혜검 7(완결) [taegeukhyegeom 7(wan'gyeol)] (fiction), 뿔미디어 [ppulmidieo], page 36:
      유, 유치하기 짝이 없구나.
      yu, yuchihagi jjagi eopguna.
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. partner; mate
    옆에 있는 너의 짝과 같이 공부해라.
    yeope inneun neoui jjakgwa gachi gongbuhaera.
    Study with your partner next to you.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 짝수 (짝數, jjaksu, “even number”)
  • 짝하다 (jjakhada, “to form a pair”)

Etymology 2

Related to standard Korean 쪽 (jjok), appears to be used by speakers in all dialects of Korean, though it may not be the most common form.

Pronunciation 2
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jjak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jjag
McCune–Reischauer?tchak
Yale Romanization?ccak

Dependent noun

짝 • (jjak)

  1. Dialectal form of 쪽 (jjok, “side, direction”)
    • 2009 June 10, cjs백령, “백령도 사투리 모음 [baengnyeongdo saturi mo'eum]”, in 백령NamPo13동창카페 [baengnyeongNamPo13dongchangkape]‎, 인천광역시 옹진군 백령면 [incheon'gwang'yeoksi ongjin'gun baengnyeongmyeon]:
      아참 경운기는 제가 안끌고 뒷짝에 타구만 갓어요
      acham gyeong'un'gi-neun jega ankkeul-go dwitjjag-e ta-gu-man gaseo-yo
      Oh, I didn't drag the cultivator but I rode on the back and went.
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