흙

Etymology

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 轄希 (Yale: *holki).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞᆰ (Yale: hòlk).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [xɯk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [흑]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 흙의 / 흙에 / 흙까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

흙 • (heuk)

1. earth, soil, dirt, ground

   음, 달걀 껍데기를 흙에 넣어 두는 것이 한가지 쉬운 방법이지.

   Eum, dalgyal kkeopdegi-reul heulg-e neo'eo duneun geos-i han'gaji swiun bangbeob-iji.

   Well, putting an egg shell in the soil is one easy way.