실

실 U+C2E4, 실
HANGUL SYLLABLE SIL
Composition:ㅅ + ㅣ + ㄹ
← 싣
[U+C2E3] 		Hangul Syllables 싥 →
[U+C2E5]
시식싞싟신싡싢
싣실싥싦싧싨싩
싪싫심십싮싯싰
싱싲싳싴싵싶싷
싀 ←→ 싸

Jeju

Etymology

See main entry at 씰 (ssil).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽sil⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [ɕʰiɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [실]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
Yale Romanization?sil

Noun

실 (sil)

  1. alternative form of 씰 (ssil, “thread, string”)

References

  • “실” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology 1

    First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 실〯 (Yale: sǐl), from disyllabic Old Korean 糸利 (*SIli) attested as an element in a sixth-century personal name.[1] Cognate with Jeju 씰 (ssil).

    Also attested as 實 in the 雞林類事 (계림유사).

    Possibly an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing from Old Chinese 絲 (OC *slɯ, “silk”).[2] If so, related to Ancient Greek Σήρ (Sḗr, “China”), English silk.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰi(ː)ɭ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [실(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sil
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
    McCune–Reischauer?sil
    Yale Romanization?sīl
    • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 실의 / 실에 / 실까지

      Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

    Noun

    실 • (sil)

    1. thread, yarn, string
      실을 감다 ― sir-eul gamda ― to wind thread
      실이 엉키다 ― sir-i eongkida ― For strings to be entangled
      실을 바늘에 꿰다 ― sir-eul baneur-e kkweda ― To thread a needle (with a thread).
      실 다섯 타래 ― sil daseot tarae ― five skeins of thread
      어제 실로 참 예쁜 양말을 꿰맸어요.
      Eoje sillo cham yeppeun yangmar-eul kkwemaesseoyo.
      Yesterday, I sewed together really pretty socks with string.
    2. (figurative) a narrow thing, a thin object
    Alternative forms
    • (Gyeongsang, Harbin) 씰 (ssil)
    Derived terms
    • 실 가는 데 바늘도 간다 (sil ganeun de baneuldo ganda, “Wherever a thread goes, a needle follows”)
    • 실 엉킨 것은 풀어도 노 엉킨 것은 못 푼다 (sil eongkin geoseun pureodo no eongkin geoseun mot punda, “While small problems can easily be solved, bigger problems may be much more difficult”)
    • 실 한 오리 안 걸치다 (sil han ori an geolchida, “to get completely naked”)
    • 실고기 (silgogi, “pipefish”)
    • 실눈 (sillun, “half-shut eye”)
    • 실마리 (silmari, “beginning of a thread; clue”)
    • 실바람 (silbaram, “wisp of wind, breeze”)
    • 실반대 (silbandae, “coil of cotton”)
    • 실밥 (silbap, “bits of thread”)
    • 실뱀 (silbaem, “thin snake”)
    • 실뱅어 (silbaeng'eo, “short icefish”)
    • 실에 꿴 바늘 따라오듯 (sire kkwen baneul ttaraodeut, “Like following a needle on a thread”)
    • 실이 와야 바늘이 가지 (siri waya baneuri gaji, “one must give in order to receive”)
    • 실톱 (siltop, “fretsaw”)
    • 치실 (chisil, “dental floss”)

    Etymology 2

        Sino-Korean word from 失.

        Pronunciation

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

        Noun

        실 • (sil) (hanja 失)

        1. loss
          Antonym: 득(得) (deuk, “gain”)
        Derived terms

        Etymology 3

            Sino-Korean word from 室.

            Pronunciation

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

            Noun

            실 • (sil) (hanja 室)

            1. work division, department (generally higher than a 과 (gwa) or 부 (bu))
              실장 (室長) ― department chief

            Counter

            실 • (sil) (hanja 室)

            1. Used to count the number of rooms

            Etymology 4

              Borrowed from English seal.

              Pronunciation

              Romanizations
              Revised Romanization?sil
              Revised Romanization (translit.)?sil
              McCune–Reischauer?ssil
              Yale Romanization?qsil

              Noun

              실 • (sil)

              1. paper seal

              Etymology 5

              Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

              Syllable

              실 • (sil)

              More information
              1. 失: loss
                (eumhun reading: 잃을 실 (ireul sil))
                (MC reading: 失 (MC syit))
              2. 室: room
                (eumhun reading: 집 실 (jip sil))
                (MC reading: 室 (MC syit))
              3. 實: reality; truth
                (eumhun reading: 열매 실 (yeolmae sil))
                (MC reading: 實 (MC zyit))

              References

              1. ^ 이승재 [iseungjae] (2017), 木(목)簡(간)에 기록된 古(고)代(대)韓(한)國(국)語(어) [The Old Korean Language Inscribed on Wooden Tablets], Ilchogak, →ISBN, page 306
              2. ^ Edwin G. Pulleyblank (2011), Middle Chinese: A Study in Historical Phonology, University of British Columbia Press, →ISBN, page 26
              • 《우리말샘》 [1]

              Further reading

              • Martin, Samuel E.; Yang Ha Lee; Sung-Un Chang (1975), A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 1055.

              Middle Korean

              Etymology

              From Old Korean 糸利 (*SIli).

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /sǐl/

              Noun

              실〯 (sǐl)

              1. thread, string

              Descendants

              • Korean: 실 (sil)
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