"편지" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ˈpʰjɘ(ː)ɲd͡ʑi] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: pyeonji [romanization], 便紙/片紙 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 片紙. First attested in a Korean text in the Samgang haengsildo (三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도), 1511, in hanja form and with the meaning of "small piece of paper". In the Hangul script, first attested in the 順天金氏墓出土簡札 / 순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰 ("Letters excavated from the grave of Lady Suncheon Kim"), c. 1585, as Middle Korean 편지 (Yale: phyenci). This is also the first attestation of the "letter" sense. The hanja form 便紙 is unetymological and first appears in Korean Classical Chinese sources in the eighteenth century. Etymology templates: {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|片紙|gloss=}} 片紙, {{ko-etym-sino|片紙}} Sino-Korean word from 片紙, {{lang|ko|三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도}} 三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도, {{lang|ko|順天金氏墓出土簡札 / 순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰}} 順天金氏墓出土簡札 / 순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰, {{ko-etym-native|順天金氏墓出土簡札 / 순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰 ("Letters excavated from the grave of Lady Suncheon Kim")|편지|phyenci|c. 1585|hangul=y|nocat=y}} In the Hangul script, first attested in the 順天金氏墓出土簡札 / 순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰 ("Letters excavated from the grave of Lady Suncheon Kim"), c. 1585, as Middle Korean 편지 (Yale: phyenci)., {{m|ko|便紙}} 便紙 Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=便紙/片紙}} 편지 • (pyeonji) (hanja 便紙/片紙)
  1. letter (written message)
    Sense id: en-편지-ko-noun-JbLk0dW0 Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Sino-Korean words, Middle Korean entries with incorrect language header, Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Middle Korean entries with incorrect language header: 75 23 3 Disambiguation of Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 80 17 3

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      "other": "[편(ː)지]"
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