액

액

액 U+C561, 액 HANGUL SYLLABLE AEG Composition: ㅇ + ㅐ + ㄱ ← 애 [U+C560] Hangul Syllables 앢 → [U+C562]

애액앢앣앤앥앦 앧앨앩앪앫앬앭 앮앯앰앱앲앳앴 앵앶앷앸앹앺앻
아 ←	→ 야

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɛk̚] ~ [e̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [액/엑]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	aek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	aeg
McCune–Reischauer?	aek
Yale Romanization?	ayk

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 液 (液), from the Middle Korean reading ᄋᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: óyk).

Noun

액 • (aek) (hanja 液)

1. liquid; fluid

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 液 (液) for Sino-Korean compounds of 액 (液, aek).

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 厄 (厄), from the Middle Korean reading ᄋᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: óyk).

Noun

액 • (aek) (hanja 厄)

1. misfortune; bad luck; in traditional belief, an impersonal force or energy that causes misfortune or death, and which can be warded off through ritual.

   Synonym: 살(煞) (sal)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 厄 (厄) for Sino-Korean compounds of 액 (厄, aek).

• 액땜 (aekttaem)
• 액막이 (aengmagi)
• 액풀이 (aekpuri)

 

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 額 (額).

Suffix

—액 • (-aek) (hanja 額)

1. amount; sum

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 額 (額) for Sino-Korean compounds of 액 (額, aek).

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

액 (aek)

Extended content
厄 (厄): (MC reading: 厄 (MC ʔˠɛk̚)) 額 (額): (MC reading: 額 (MC ŋˠæk̚)) 液 (液): (MC reading: 液 (MC jiᴇk̚)) 扼 (扼): (MC reading: 扼) 掖 (掖): (MC reading: 掖 (MC jiᴇk̚)) 縊 (縊): (MC reading: 縊 (MC ʔiᴇH, ʔeiH)) 腋 (腋): (MC reading: 腋 (MC jiᴇk̚)) 呝 (呝): (MC reading: 呝 (MC ʔˠɛk̚)) 戹 (戹): (MC reading: 戹 (MC ʔˠɛk̚)) 搤 (搤): (MC reading: 搤 (MC ʔˠɛk̚)) 阨 (阨): (MC reading: 阨)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).