sageuk

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noun

A Korean genre of film and television set before the Japanese annexation of Korea

OriginKorean 사극(史劇) →
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Meanings

nounsageuk (usually uncountable, plural sageuks)

plural sageuks

  1. uncountableusuallyA Korean genre of film and television set before the Japanese annexation of Korea
  2. countableusuallyA film or programme of this kind.

Origin

  1. Korean사극(史劇)
  2. Englishsageuk

Borrowed from Korean 사극(史劇) (sageuk).

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APA

sageuk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sageuk

MLA

“sageuk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sageuk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sageuk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sageuk.

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