손쉽다

Korean

Etymology

(son, hand) +‎ 쉽다 (swipda, to be easy), etymologically "to be easy to the hand". Compare the formation of Japanese 容易い (tayasui, easy, simple, not difficult), which seems to be a compound of similar derivation, likely from Japanese (ta-, hand) + 易い (yasui, easy).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰo̞nʃʰɥip̚t͈a̠] ~ [sʰo̞nʃʰyp̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sonswipda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sonswibda
McCune–Reischauer?sonshwipta
Yale Romanization?sonswipta

Adjective

손쉽다 • (sonswipda) (irregular, infinitive 손쉬워, sequential 손쉬우니)

  1. easy

Conjugation