책상

Korean

책상

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 冊床, from 冊 (“book”) + 床 (“bed”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰɛks͈a̠ŋ] ~ [t͡ɕʰe̞ks͈a̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [책쌍/첵쌍]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chaeksang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chaegsang
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'aeksang
Yale Romanization?	chayk.sang

Noun

책상 • (chaeksang) (hanja 冊床)

1. desk

Derived terms

• 책상다리 (冊床‒, chaeksangdari, “sitting cross-legged”)