효자손

Korean
효자손

Etymology

From 효자 (hyoja, “dutiful son, filial child”) +‎ 손 (son, “hand”), literally “dutiful son's hand”, calque of Japanese 孫の手 (mago no te, literally “grandchild's hand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ˈçjoːd͡ʑa̠sʰo̞n]
  • Phonetic Hangul[효:자손]
Revised Romanization? hyojason
Revised Romanization (translit.)? hyojason
McCune–Reischauer? hyojason
Yale Romanization? hyōcason

Noun

효자손 • (hyojason) (hanja 孝子—)

  1. backscratcher
    • 2016, Sim Iryeong (심이령), Sayuk Ilgi (사육일기)
      효자손은 원래 진조의 아버지가 등을 긁는데 사용하던 것이었지만 지금은 진조가 이얀을 다루는데 사용하고 있었다.
      Hyojasoneun wollae jinjoui abeojiga deung-eul geungneunde sayonghadeon geosieotjiman jigeumeun jinjoga iyaneul daruneunde sayonghago isseotda.
      The backscratcher was originally used by Jinjo's father for scratching his back, but was then being used by Jinjo to deal with Iyan.

Synonyms
  • 등긁이 (deunggeulgi)
  • 등긁개 (deunggeulgae)
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