U+C9DA, 짚
HANGUL SYLLABLE JIP
Composition: + +

[U+C9D9]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C9DB]
짂짃짅짆
짉짊짋짌짍
짎짏
짖짗짘짙
즤 ←→ 짜

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 딮〮 (Yale: típh).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jip
McCune–Reischauer?chip
Yale Romanization?ciph

Noun

• (jip)

  1. straw

Usage notes

Since rice is a staple food in Korea, it usually means rice straw when it comes to straw, and in fact, rice straw and straw are listed in the Korean dictionary as synonyms.

Synonyms