주작

Sino-Korean word from 朱雀 (“Vermilion Bird”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕud͡ʑa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [주작]

주작 • (Jujak) (hanja 朱雀)

1. Vermilion Bird (one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations)

Sino-Korean word from 做作.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕu(ː)d͡ʑa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [주(ː)작]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

주작 • (jujak) (hanja 做作)

1. (formal) rigging, fabrication
   • 1870, 蔡(채)龜(귀)淵(연) [Chae Gwi-yeon], 蔡(채)䆠(환)再(재)謫(적)歌(가) [The Song of the Official Chae's Second Banishment]:

     片(편)言(언)隻(쳑)辭(ᄉᆞ) 做(쥬)作(쟉) 업셔 十(십)目(목)所(소)視(시) 모도 아ᄂᆡ

     pyeoneonchyeoksa jyujyak eopsyeo simmoksosi modo anae

     As there is no falsehood in [my] short speech, the world's eyes are on it and all know this [to be true]

   • 2016, 박순교 [baksun'gyo, Bak Sun-gyo], “신라 '景(경)哀(애)王(왕)의 죽음'과 견훤·왕건의 攻(공)防(방)”, in Dong'a Inmunhak, page 528:

     이로 미루어 견훤이 군사들을 풀어 궁중의 비빈들을 집단 강간했다는 ≪三(삼)國(국)史(사)記(기)≫ 기록은 순전한 做(주)作(작)이었음이 확인된다.

     Based on this, the record in the History of the Three Kingdoms that Gyeon Hwon unleashed his soldiers to rape en masse the royal consorts of the court can be identified as a pure fabrication.

An alteration of 조작(造作) (jojak) by Internet users, not directly connected with the traditional Sino-Korean word.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕu(ː)d͡ʑa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [주(ː)작]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

주작 • (jujak)

1. (Internet slang) rigging, fabrication