# 솔

| 솔 | U+C194, &#49556; HANGUL SYLLABLE SOL |
| Composition: | ㅅ + ㅗ + ㄹ |
| ← 솓 [U+C193] | Hangul Syllables | 솕 → [U+C195] |
소속솎솏손솑솒 솓솔솕솖솗솘솙 솚솛솜솝솞솟솠 송솢솣솤솥솦솧 :
| 셰 ← | → 솨 |

## Korean
### Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 솔〯 (Yale: swǒl).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰo̞(ː)ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [솔(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

솔 • (sol)
* brush (tool)
    Synonym: 브러시 (beureosi)
    솔로 닦다/털다 ― sol-lo dakda/teolda ― to wipe with a brush / to brush off

##### Derived terms

* 구둣솔 (gudutsol)
* 땟솔 (ttaetsol)
* 말솔 (malsol)
* 면도솔 (myeondosol)
* 면솔 (myeonsol)
* 빗솔 (bitsol)
* 빨랫솔 (ppallaetsol)
* 솔질 (soljil)
* 옷솔 (otsol)
* 칫솔 (chitsol)

##### See also

* 붓 (but, “painting brush”)

### Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 솔〮 (Yale: swól).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰo̞ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [솔]

#### Noun

솔 • (sol) (counter 그루)
* (now chiefly literary and poetic) pine (tree)
    Synonym: (more common) 소나무 (sonamu)
    산에는 사시사철 푸르른 솔이 울창히 들어서 있다. ― San-e-neun sasisacheol pureureun sor-i ulchang-hi deureoseo itda. ― The mountain is covered in pine whose leaves are green all year around.
** 1984, 박영근／朴永根<t:Park Young-geun>, “솔아 푸른 솔아 [sora pureun sora, pine, O green pine]”, in 취업 공고판 앞에서 [chwieop gonggopan apeseo, In Front of the Job Board], Seoul: 청사／靑史:주저앉아 우는 누이들 / 옷고름 풀고 이름을 부르네. / 솔아 솔아 푸른 솔아 / 샛바람에 떨지 마라Jujeo-anja uneun nu'i-deul / otgoreum pulgo ireum-eul bureune. / sor-a sor-a pureun sor-a / saetbaram-e tteol-ji maraBrought to their knees in weeping, untying the knot on their chests, / the sisters thus bewail its name: / "pine, pine, O green pine, / shiver not in the easterly wind."

##### Derived terms

* 곰솔 (gomsol)
* 바위솔 (bawisol)
* 소나무 (sonamu)
* 솔가리 (solgari)
* 솔가지 (solgaji)
* 솔바람 (solbaram)
* 솔방울 (solbang'ul)
* 솔밭 (solbat)
* 솔숲 (solsup)
* 솔잎 (sorip)
* 청솔 (cheongsol)

##### See also

* 松 (song), the hanja for "pine tree"

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian sol or some other European language.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [s͈o̞ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [쏠]

#### Noun

솔 • (sol)
* (music) sol (musical note)

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from English soul.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [s͈o̞ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [쏠]

#### Noun

솔 • (sol)
* Alternative form of 소울 (soul, “soul (music genre, etc.)”)

### Etymology 5

Borrowed from English sol.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [s͈o̞ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [쏠]

#### Noun

솔 • (sol)
* (chemistry) sol (a type of colloid)

##### Alternative forms

* 졸 (jol) (from German)

### Etymology 6

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 솔〯 (Yale: swǒl).
Displaced by 과녁 (gwanyeok), a nativized Sino-Korean word, as the general word for "target (in archery)".

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰo̞(ː)ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [솔(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

솔 • (sol)
* (traditional archery) a target, especially one constructed by suspending a large piece of cloth between two poles

##### Derived terms

* 솔대 (soldae)
* 솔바탕 (solbatang)

### Etymology 7

Of native Korean origin.

#### Noun

솔 • (sol)
* (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong) Synonym of 부추 (buchu, “garlic chive”)

### Etymology 8

See the main entry.

#### Adjective

솔 • (sol)
* irrealis adnominal of 솔다 (solda)

#### Verb

솔 • (sol)
* future determiner of 솔다 (solda)

### Etymology 9

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

솔 • (sol)
* 率:
    (MC reading: 率 (MC srwit))
* 窣:
    (MC reading: 窣 (MC swot))
* 蟀:
    (MC reading: 蟀 (MC srwit))

## Middle Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sól/

#### Noun

솔〮 (swól)
* pine (tree)

##### Descendants

* Korean: 솔 (sol)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǒl/

#### Noun

솔〯 (swǒl)
* brush (tool)

##### Descendants

* Korean: 솔 (sol)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǒl/

#### Noun

솔〯 (swǒl)
* (archery) target
** 1481, “鄭典設自施州歸 / 정곡설자시주귀”, in 分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해 [Bullyu Dugongbu Si Eonhae], page 19:29b:내〮 平ᄒᆞᆫ 肩輿ᄅᆞᆯ〮 뒷〮노니〮 앏길〮히 활 소ᄂᆞᆫ〮 솔〯 봄〯 ᄀᆞ〮ᄐᆞ〮니라〮ná-y PHYENG-hòn KYEN.YE-lól twú-ys-nwòní àlp kílh-ì hwàl swònón swǒl pwǒm kót-hónìláHaving but a modest palanquin, I look toward the road ahead as if I were aiming at a target with my bow.
** 1517, 飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대 [The Old Cathayan], page 2:36b:우〮리〮 먼〯 솔〯 노하〮 두고〮 ᄡᅩ〮아〮wúlí měn swǒl nwòhá twùkwó pswóáWe will place a far target to shoot.

##### Descendants

* Korean: 솔 (sol)