쏙

Of native Korean origin. Perhaps related to 속 (sok, “inside”).

• IPA^(key): [s͈o̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangeul: [쏙]

쏙 • (ssok)

1. entering or protruding deeply (either towards or away from the speaker, of a small object or of a relatively lesser depth)
   • 동전이 여기 쏙 빠졌어.

     Dongjeoni yeogi ssok ppajyeosseo.

     The coin dropped a bit inside here.

   • 이 조각상은 코가 이렇게 쏙 튀어나왔네?

     I jogaksang-eun koga ireoke ssok twieonawanne?

     This statue has a protruding little nose!

2. in a state in which large quantities have been drained or removed (both physical and metaphorical)
   • 물이 쏙 빠졌다

     muri ssok ppajyeotda

     The water was drained in large quantities

   • 살이 쏙 빠졌네

     sari ssok ppajyeonne

     You lose a lot of weight

3. while being excluded
4. fashionably
5. entrancedly; obsessedly
   • 언어학에 쏙 빠졌어.

     Eoneohage ssok ppajyeosseo.

     I'm obsessed with linguistics now.

6. appealingly
   • 마음에 쏙 들다

     ma-eume ssok deulda

     to like very much

7. identically

쏙 (ssok) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 쑥 (ssuk).

In contemporary Korean, the yang vowels refer to /a/, /ɛ/, and /o/. In Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with these vowels have a connotation of brightness, smallness, clearness, sharpness, youth, or positiveness.