의자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 椅子 (“chair”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 椅子 (isu, “chair”). Displaced traditional Sino-Korean 교의 (交椅, gyoui).

Pronunciation
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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?uija
Revised Romanization (translit.)?uija
McCune–Reischauer?ŭija
Yale Romanization?uyca

Noun

의자 • (uija) (hanja 椅子)

  1. chair, sofa
    의자에 앉으십시오.
    uijae anjeusipsio.
    Please seat yourself in a chair.

Derived terms

References
  • 김재용 (Kim Jae-yong) (2015), “'일본식 한자어'의 정체 — 일본 제국하 조선인 문인들의 위기의식을 중심으로 —”, in Saegugeo saenghwal, volume 25, issue 4, National Institute of the Korean Language, pages 146—153
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